Broadside announcing the sale of enslaved persons in Mercer County, Kentucky: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Broadside announcing the sale of six or eight enslaved people in Mercer County, Kentucky. The broadside consists of printed black text on one side of a single sheet of yellowed paper. The broadside reads [Public Sale / Will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on hand, on / Tuesday the 14th day of June, / At Robard's & Curd's Store, about 3 miles from the mouth of Dick's river, Mercer county, Six or Eight likely NEGROES, to satisfy a decree or judgment of the Jessamine circuit court]. It was issued by [BEN. BRADSHAW, Exe'r. of B. BRADSHAW, Dec'd. and Agent for Curd's Heirs] and dated [June 6th 1836.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1836
• Subject of: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Benjamin Bradshaw Sr., American, died 1836
• Subject of: Benjamin Bradshaw Jr., American, 1793 - unknown
• Subject of: Robard's & Curd's Store, American
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 11/16 × 10 9/16 in. (17 × 26.8 cm)
• Place used: Mercer County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Commerce
• Topic: Domestic slave trade
• Topic: Finance
• Topic: Slavery
• Topic: U.S. History, 1815-1861
• Object number: 2018.43.18
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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