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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) EGYPT.
Slave Mart Cairo.
Two-tone litho-
graph, 10
1
/
2
x 14
1
/
2
inches (image size) with fine wide margins.
London: C. Hallman, engraved by J. C. Bourne from a drawing by O. B. Carter,
circa 1840’s
[500/750]
An accurate picture of the sale of black Africans by the Arab slavers. Markets like this existed well
into the end of the 19th century, officially and “unofficially.” Young boys and girls are held in virtual
slavery on the West African cocoa plantations even today
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) LOUISIANA.
Sale of half of a very large
plantation called “The Olde Farm Place” and its forty-six slaves.
Printed
Document Accomplished by hand; large folio sheet, folded to form four pages, printed on
two sides, written on three; partially parted at the vertical fold with some wear at the hori-
zontal folds.
Parish of Concordia, LA, 1842
[1,000/1,500]
A detailed legal instrument recording the sale of the Olde Farm Place, Bisland and Shields plantation
and forty-six slaves, all named. Described as “One undivided half of a plantation known as the Olde
Farm Place containing [in] all about four thousand acres more or less, situated on the Bayou Terre
Bonne in the Parrish of Terrebonn . . . “ This enormous tract of land and all of its houses was being
purchased from William Bisland by John P. Watson for the sum of forty-six thousand five hundred
dollars, a considerable sum. This property belonged to Mistress Mary L. Witherspoon, the wife of
Bisland and owner of the property as part of her dowry. The Notary, writing this document, states
that “out of hearing of her husband” he advised her of her rights regarding her property. But it is clear
that she was ok with the sale of sale to settle her husband’s debts. This seems like something direct
from the pen of Margaret Mitchell. The first time we have had something this detailed for such an
important piece of real estate.
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