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February 04, 1803

CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, Feb. 4, 1803 

* Very rare & early Southern antebellum publication

A volume I issue of this famous title from the South.
Page 3 has amongst the ads one headed: "About 54 Valuable NEGROES" with details on them. Also: "Absented Themselves" noting: "...two Negro fellow, the one named Champaigne...the other Charles..." with descriptions of each. And yet another: "At Private Sale" noting in part: "...Negroes of almost every description...".
Four pages, nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War