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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09339 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1852 |
| Title | Slave sale Broadside |
| Date | 25 September 1852 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Charleston slave sale by Louis D. De Saussure: "On Thursday…will be sold at Ryan's Mart, in Chalmers Street,…a prime gang of 25 Negroes, accustomed to the culture of Sea Island Cotton and Rice." Ryan's Mart, one of most famous slave markets in the South, is the only known building used as slave auction gallery still in existence in South Carolina, and America's oldest slavery museum. |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Slavery African American History Slave Life |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |