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English: Advertisement posted by slave trader William F. Talbott of Lexington, Kentucky, in 1853.
Text reads: "$1200 TO 1250 DOLLARS! FOR NEGROES!! / THE undersigned wishes to purchase a large lot of NEGROES for the New Orleans market. I will pay $1200 to $1250 for No. 1 young men, and $850 to $1000 for No. 1 young women. In fact I will pay more for likely NEGROES, [copy cuts off there]"
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Source https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/books/review/the-problem-of-slavery-in-the-age-of-emancipation-by-david-brion-davis.html
Author William F. Talbott
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