Lot 3011
Hunting Fugitive Slaves, 1839 two-page letter from Juliet, Ill. [the original name of Joliet] to St. Louis regarding men who have come from St. Louis to enforce a claim for "a Negro Slave" and, allegedly to return him to his owner in St. Louis. The sender writes about "abbolisionists" having the men tried unsuccessfully for kidnapping, but nonetheless asserts that "…the gentlemen who have taken the Negro are Kidnapers [sic] and never will take him to St. Louis but will take him to some other point and sell him and put the money in their own pocketts [sic]". Address leaf postmarked red Juliet c.d.s. with manuscript "18¾" rate. some separation, otherwise Very Fine and most interesting.
Estimate $500 - 750
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| Realized $325 |
