Lot 501
1732 Slave Bill of Lading - Boston. A partly-printed bill of lading for the ship "Merrimack," bound for Salem from Barbados, 7 Aug. 1732, listing "goods" shipped to Boston by John Batt and Edward Oxnard as "Seven Negro Boys & One Negro Girl." Freight is to be "three pounds five shillings Boston Currancy per head for Every Negroe delivered alive on shoar at Boston….Mortallity Excepted…." The document is signed by Edmund Gale, master of the ship. 5¼x9¼", matted to 6½x11"; old folds and edge tears and some expert paper corner replacement, not affecting text. A handsome sailing ship vignette is at upper left. A rare and early slave record.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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| Realized $1,955 |
