Letter to Giles Saunders from Samuel Fox regarding the slave trade, January 14, 1847. Creator: Samuel M. Fox.

Letter to Giles Saunders from Samuel Fox regarding the slave trade, January 14, 1847. Creator: Samuel M. Fox.

2-833-034 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

This letter was written in Richmond, Kentucky, on January 14, 1847, by Samuel Fox to Giles Saunders in Richmond, Virginia. The letter details the sale of enslaved people by Fox and his associates, including the recovery of one enslaved man who was loaned out for the use of a horse. There are also details regarding a customer dissatisfied with the purchase of two enslaved people. The paper is folded in half and the letter is written on the right hand side continuing onto the left side of the reverse. On the left hand side of the front is a list of names of enslaved people with monetary denominations. On the left hand side of the reverse is the address with a postmark dated January 16 from Richmond, Kentucky stamped in blue ink.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Samuel M. Fox, attributed to: American: Slave trader
People Related
  1. Giles Saunders: American: Slave-owner

Medium
  1. Letters (correspondence)

Picture Type
  1. Heritage art

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Communications

Society & Culture Issues & Causes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6483x4151
File Size : 78,841kb


Aliases

  1. 2014.174.3.3
  1. NMAAHC-2014_174_3_3_1001
  1. 0990005241
  1. 2-833-034
  1. 2014.174.3.3
  1. 2833034


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