Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

Samuel M. Fox, American, 1806 - 1864 · May 18, 1849

ink on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

This letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on May 18, 1849, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox of Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders details the sale of two enslaved men at a total of $355.00 profit while expressing concerns about the current market. The paper is folded in half and the letter is written on the front right side continuing onto the reverse right side, with the address on the front left side. A postmark dated May 18 from Richmond, Virginia, is stamped in red ink over the address.

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