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Broadside Print: Sheriff Sale of Land and Slaves

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“Sheriff’s Sale of Land and Slaves”

December 31, 1854, Printed Broadside, “Sheriff’s Sale of Land and Slaves,” Ray County, Missouri, Choice Very Fine.
This large 18” x 12.5” well printed Broadside has crisp deep black lettering with a Banner Headline announcing a “Sheriff’s Sale of Land and Slaves”. There are a few well hidden fold splits within the top headline and at bottom, otherwise this impressive Slave Sale Broadside is bold and vivid on wove paper of the period. This imposed sale is due to a court case involving the family of William, Robinson, and Emma Jacobs, apparently in settlement of the Last Will and Testament of Robinson Jacobs, who is deceased. The real estate includes store house, timber, and:

“the following slaves, to-wit: one negro man named Henry, one negro woman named Chaney, and her infant child, and one negro woman named Winney, said Slaves to be sold for ready money....” Signed in print by the , “B.J. Brown, Sheriff of Ray county, Mo.”.

W.M. Jacobs also has a printed notation at the bottom of the Broadside highlighting the timber and a storehouse. This Broadside is in wonderful overall quality, having excellent strong eye appeal which would make a great display item properly matted and framed! A remarkable, historic Slave Sale Broadside from the volatile, antebellum Missouri region of 1854.

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