Broadside for sale of enslaved woman and children from estate of Joseph McCoy
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Broadside for sale of enslaved woman and children from estate of Joseph McCoy

Unidentified · November 28, 1849

ink on paper (fiber product)
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A one-sided document printed in black ink reading: "ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF NEGROES!! The undersigned will, on the first day of January, 1850, offer for sale, to the highest bidder, at Flint Hill, in the county of St. Charles, a negro woman and child, and two likely boys from five to eight, belonging to the estate of Joseph McCoy, dec'd to be sold in obedience to an order of the County Court of St. Charles, made at the November term 1849. TERMS.--Twelve months credit, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. A. Broadhead, adm'r. of Joseph McCoy, dec'd. Nov. 28, 1849."

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