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| | 806: (SLAVE AUCTION BROADSIDE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | SLAVE AUCTION BROADSIDE A striking broadside for an auction of eight slaves, 20" x 13", Fayetteville, Tenn., May 27, 1858. |
 | | The group of slaves involved, which included two described as "valuable mechanic[s]" as well as an infant, were the property of the deceased B. Carty of Lincoln County, Tenn., and were sold as part of a dispute among the heirs to the estate. |
 | | The broadside reads "CHANCERY SALE OF SLAVES [held] In pursuance of a decree of the Chancery Court of Lincoln county, Tenn., made at the February term, 1858, of said Court, in the case of Charles B. Carty and others vs. Benj. |
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