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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—RECONSTRUCTION.) LOUISIANA.
Henry Pory freedman and Catherine Pory, freedwoman, unable to raise their six
year old daughter Sarinia, apprentice her to T.C. Mitchell for a period of 12
years.
Large folio sheet, folded to form four tall pages; written on two sides, docketed on a
third.
New Orleans, LA, late 1860’s
[600/800]
A very detailed document, assuring the parents of Sarinia, “Being solicitors for the welfare of their
daughter Sarinia. . .” that not only will she be learning the occupation of house servant; cooking
sewing etc; but assuring them too that she will be tutored “in the elements of the English language, to
wit, in reading writing and arithmetic. . .” From the language of this agreement, it is implicit that Mr.
Mitchell was acquainted with these poor people, who were forced to give up their child.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—RECONSTRUCTION.) SINCLAIR,WILLIAM A.
The Aftermath of Slavery. A Study of the Condition and Environment of the
American Negro.
358 pages. 8vo, original black cloth stamped in gilt and blind.
Boston: Small Maynard, 1905
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION OF AN UNCOMMON BOOK
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Sinclair (1857-1926), physician, member of the
Niagara Movement and early member of the NAACP was born in slavery. This study covers the
period of Reconstruction into the 20th century.
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