Since we've been having a lot of discussions about old magazines and news articles, I thought this Bill of Sale was quite interesting to share. It was actually sent to me via email.
We've all seen things like this in history text books but whenever I see something like this is never fails to shock me each time. This was the sort of advertisement found in newspapers just 175 years ago. People for sale simply because of the color of their skin
It's like reading a car auction almost. And the terminology used is ever so degrading. Whench???Mullattoes? Human beings dipicted as farm animals. This just takes us back in time to see how far we've come as a human race.
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