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c. 1800 Slave Expense Document

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Rare Slave Expense Estimate Document For "500 Negros"

c. 1800, Slave Expense Document: "The Cost of 'Cloathing & Victualing' 500 Negroes for One Year," Very Fine.
Manuscript Document in crisp brown ink on watermarked, fine-laid paper, one page, 9" x 7", itemizing the costs associated with a large group of slaves, no year, no location. It reads, "An estimate of the first cost of 500 Negroes, together with the yearly expense of victualing & clothing them, viz: To the first cost of 500 Negroes at 30 pounds each... 15,000... To the clothing said Negroes 4 times a year with Ozenbrigs, Frocks & Trousers at 4/6 ster'g each suit.... 450... To the victualizing of 500 Negroes 52 weeks at 22d each week... 2383.68. P(er) annum... 2833.6.8 pounds". If a North American document, this would have originated with one of the nation's largest planters. The watermark consists of the initials "LVG" beneath a crowned shield with insignia of a powder horn hanging by a strap. Light toning along the upper right edge, else Very Fine condition.



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