William Herring III

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EXECUTOR’S SALE, — NEGROES! — Agreeably to order of court, will be sold, on Tuesday, February 20, before the Court-house door, in the town of Washington, Kentucky, the following negroes: Hagar, aged 60; John, aged 30; Ben, aged 21; Saul, aged 25; Albert, aged 14. Sold for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of the estate of Jesse Blutchford,
William Herring III
Can you imagine that humanbeings were sold with such imimpunity. But for profit an ethnic group was seen as mere objects. Advertised like a clothing sale.
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