MID 19TH CENTURY SLAVE PURCHASE DOCUMENT.dated December 24, 1857, Natchez. Nine lines in sepia ink script written by a James D. Calute (?) who received "from James Brown" two hundred dollars in full payment for Laura a negro woman aged about twenty years and her two children/Robert a boy aged about three years and M(?) a boy aged about fourteen months. I warrent said negroes sound in body and mind & free from the claim or claims of all persons whatsoever" - 6 in. x 7 5/8 in. PROVENANCE: Estate of Jim Graham, former Washington, DC, Councilman Estimate $200-300
