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- GLC#
- GLC00227
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- November 24, 1860
- Author/Creator
- Hare, Willis V., fl. 1860
- Title
- Great Sale of Land, Negroes, Corn & Other Property!
- Place Written
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1p. : Height: 36.8 cm, Width: 26.4 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Slave sale broadside. The Charleston estate sale was set for 2 January 1861. The sale advertised the estate of the deceased Hamilton Houston, noting that it included "91 likely negroes, some of which are blacksmiths and others carpenters!" Lists Willis V. Hare as the Administrator. Mounted on cardboard backing with attached frame and mylar covering. Mounted dimensions are 53.3 x 40.6 cm.
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