[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. HUNT, Henry. Autograph letter signed ("Henry Hunt"). Natchez, MS, 22 June 1807. Discussing enslaved people with rare straight line "Natchez" postmarked cover.

7 pages, 4to, 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in., with address panel to integral leaf verso with straight line "NATCHEZ" postmark, toning, occasional small separations with repairs along old folds, a few brown spots.

The author writes to his brother looking "from 8 to 10 likely young fellows from 16 to 22 years of age" continuing with instructions: "I shall write by tomorrows mail, directing them to forward the Negrows [sic] immediately to this place, where I shall either keep them or dispose of them for a handsome price, from your description of them, I think they will bring $1100 or $1200, however of this I shall be better able to judge after their arrival and you may be assured that, if I keep them, I shall remit you by Mail, as much as I could sell them for to any person."

He further tries to convince the recipient and their brother Richard to move "to this country" as they are "working harder than the slaves of this country and not make one fourth part as much as you could in this place. From this I naturally conclude you this a perfect wilderness Inhabited by Savages..."

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. HUNT, Henry. Autograph letter signed ("Henry Hunt"). Natchez, MS, 22 June 1807. Discussing enslaved people with rare straight line "Natchez" postmarked cover.

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