"Executors' Sale of Valuable Lands and Negroes, Stock, Provisions, &c., In Barbour County, Alabama."
View
@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Description
Advertisement for the sale of Milton A. Browder's estate at a "public outcry" auction on February 16, 1860. For sale are about 2,400 acres of land; 50 slaves ("of superior quality, embracing Boys and Girls, single men and women, and families, all acclimated and well trained to farm work"); livestock and feed; tools, equipment, and furniture; and about $28,000 in bank and railroad stocks. The auction will also feature 40 slaves to be hired out for the next year. The executors of the estate are John Gill Shorter and Alpheus Baker.
Text
600 Ppi Tiff
1860 January 26 1860 01 26
This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
From Collection
Alabama Textual Materials CollectionRecord Contributed By
Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Alabama
- Barbour County (Ala.)
- Browder, Milton A
- Estates
- Real Property
- Slave Trade
- Slaver
- Slavery
Related Content
