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Lot 223
Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
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$600
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Lot Description
[ENSLAVEMENT]. 1853 will of Green Mitchell bequeathing 29 enslaved persons to family. Decatur, GA.
4 pages, 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Manuscript will and testament of Green Mitchell of Decatur County, GA, in which he wills and bequeaths identified enslaved peoples to his five grandchildren. Additionally, Mitchell's "entire plantation containing one thousand and fifty acres" and 14 identified enslaved peoples are bequeathed to his son William.
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States
This lot is located in Cincinnati.