Broadside for sale of enslaved woman and children from estate of Joseph McCoy: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 28, 1849
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Joseph McCoy, American, 1811 - 1849
• Type: broadsides
• 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)
• Dimensions: Actual Document H x W: 10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in. (25.9 x 19.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Flint Hill, Saint Charles County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Commerce
• Topic: Domestic slave trade
• Topic: Finance
• Topic: Slavery
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2011.51.18
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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