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[Fugitive Slaves] Ish, William K., and Joseph L. Hawling:

BROKE OUT OF JAIL IN LEESBURG, ON MONDAY MORNING, THE 10TH OF JUNE, THREE NEGRO MEN, NAMED BOB, CHARLES, AND ALFRED. BOB AND CHARLES ARE OWNED BY THE SUBSCRIBER, W.K. ISH, AND ALFRED OWNED BY THE SUBSCRIBER, JOSEPH L. HAWLING...

Leesburg [VA]: June 10, 1839. Oblong broadside, 4-1/4" x 8". The otherwise blank verso has a contemporary ink note ["Perry - Ish"] and a small ink blot. Very Good plus. Bob is "a bright mulatto, about 18 years old, well made, and about 5 feet 6 inches high-- no particular... More

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Livingston, Edward:

CODE OF PROCEDURE FOR GIVING EFFECT TO THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. PREPARED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A LAW OF THE SAID STATE.

New Orleans: Printed by Benjamin Levy, 1825. Folio. 263, 27, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] [Livingston, Edward:] DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE TECHNICAL WORDS USED IN THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW PREPARED FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. [New Orleans: Benjamin Levy. 1826]. 27, [1 blank] pp. Bound together in contemporary marbled... More

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Poydras, Julien:

SPEECH OF JULIEN POYDRAS, ESQ. THE DELEGATE FROM THE TERRITORY OF ORLEANS, IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO THE BATTURE IN FRONT OF THE SUBURB ST. MARY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1810.

Washington: Way, 1810. 15 [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly tanned. Very Good. Jean Gravier, a major landowner in New Orleans, claimed title to a river bank, known as a Batture. The Mississippi River covered it for three months of the year; during the other nine months it was dry... More

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[Slave Sale]:

GANG OF 25 SEA ISLAND COTTON AND RICE NEGROES, BY LOUIS D. DE SAUSSURE. ON THURSDAY THE 25TH SEPT., 1852, AT 11 O'CLOCK, A.M., WILL BE SOLD AT RYAN'S MART, IN CHALMERS STREET, IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. A GANG OF 25 NEGROES, ACCUSTOMED TO THE CULTURE OF SEA ISLAND COTTON AND RICE. CONDITIONS. - ONE-HALF CASH, BALANCE BY BOND, BEARING INTEREST FROM DAY OF SALE, PAYABLE IN ONE AND TWO YEARS, TO BE SECURED BY A MORTGAGE OF THE NEGROES AND APPROVED PERSONAL SECURITY. PURCHASER TO PAY FOR PAPERS.

[Charleston: 1852]. Broadside, printed on tan paper, 7-1/4" x 9-1/4". Several type styles and sizes. Old wrinkles, not obscuring text; three short tape repairs on verso, no loss. Portions of several letters abraded. Good+. Louis Daniel De Saussure [1824-1888], a major Charleston-area slave auctioneer, plied his trade at Charleston's... More

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[South Carolina]:

EPITAPH. HERE LIE THE MUTILATED AND DISJOINTED REMAINS OF THE NOBLEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT EVER CONTRIVED BY THE WISDOM OF MAN, OR BLESSED BY THE SMILES OF HEAVEN...

[Boston: Thayer & Co., 18 Tremont Street, 1861]. Folio broadsheet, 9" x 20". Black mourning border. Two columns of text, printed in several typefaces, with a variety of briefly-stated sentiments lamenting the destruction of the government and the perfidy of Northerners. Some old folds and crimps but text intact. Good+... More

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