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New Orleans, Louisiana 1855 Legal Document Mentioning the Recovery of Slaves

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Black Americana Start Price:260.00 USD Estimated At:375.00 - 750.00 USD
New Orleans, Louisiana 1855 Legal Document Mentioning the Recovery of Slaves
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This item SOLD at 2022 Jul 27 @ 15:58UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855. Handwritten, several page legal document mentioning slaves and the recovery of said slaves. Faded black handwriting, difficult to read, on off-blue paper. This document appears to nominate and appoint an attorney, providing him with special privileges and authority. On the second page of this piece, the attorney should act "in his name and behalf...to claim and to use...all legal ways and means, for the recovering of the following slaves." There is damage at center which cuts off some of the text, however, a slave named Oscar, a "mulatto ages about twenty years" and William, a "negro man aged about twenty two years" are mentioned. The attorney is required to "pay all expenses which may accrue for the recovery of said slaves." This piece appears to refer to the transfer of slaves, or in the event of the their escape allow the attorney to act in their recovery. It was perhaps drafted as a result of the recent Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Fine condition with some annotations in pencil, toning, and a very large piece missing from center, handwriting can be very challenging to read and further transcription may provide more details regarding the slaves. Very interesting and unique piece from a dark period of American history.