Old Slave Block

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Stock #:130841
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Fredericksburg
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Fredericksburg (city)
Publisher: R.A. Kishpaugh
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
In the days before the Civil War, it was used for the sale and annual hire of slaves. Albert Crutchfield, shown in picture was sold from the block about 1859, at which time he was a boy about 15 years old.

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