- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- McCoy, Joseph, American, 1811 - 1849
- Date
- November 28, 1849
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- Backing H x W: 13 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (34.9 x 23.8 cm)
- Actual Document H x W: 10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in. (25.9 x 19.7 cm)
- Description
- 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."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place depicted
- Flint Hill, Saint Charles County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- broadsides
- Topic
- Children
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Finance
- Slavery
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2011.51.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




