“Valuable Slaves at Auction” Broadside (1859)

A broadside announcing "Valuable Slaves at Auction" in large type, with a list of enslaved people, their ages, and primary forms of enslaved labor below.

Source: Source: A broadside advertising “Valuable Slaves at Auction” by C. E. Girardy & Co. in New Orleans, February 3, 1859 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

AP African American Studies Guide

Broadside advertising “Valuable Slaves at Auction” in New Orleans (1859)

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