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American Slavery and Finance. Mecklenburg County Bonds Using Enslaved Persons as Debt Collateral in North Carolina, 1822-1823

American Slavery and Finance. Mecklenburg County Bonds Using Enslaved Persons as Debt Collateral in North Carolina, 1822-1823 by Enslaved Persons as Collateral for Lien; Slavery & Abolition

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Title
American Slavery and Finance. Mecklenburg County Bonds Using Enslaved Persons as Debt Collateral in North Carolina, 1822-1823
Author
Enslaved Persons as Collateral for Lien; Slavery & Abolition
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1822. Manuscript debt bonds created in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina during the early 1820s document the use of enslaved people as collateral within the financial system of the antebellum South. These legal instruments record obligations owed between creditors and debtors while identifying enslaved individuals as property subject to seizure in the event of nonpayment. Such documents illustrate the legal framework through which slavery operated as both a labor system and an economic structure, where enslaved men, women, and children were routinely mortgaged, pledged, and sold to satisfy financial claims. Surviving manuscript bonds naming enslaved individuals provide direct evidence of the mechanisms through which courts and creditors enforced debt within slaveholding societies. Archive of three partially printed manuscript bonds completed in ink, each measuring approximately 12 x 8 inches and bearing signatures of the involved parties. [1] Blanks, John; Tillotson, Edward; and Turney, James. Debt bond to Stephen P. Pool and Robert O. Courby. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: 27 June 1822. The document binds the debtors for "ninety five dollars and seventy four cents," secured against property including "one land horse," with a notation on the reverse indicating the obligation was later settled by payment. [2] Carter, Charles and Bullock, John P. Bond to Thomas Howerton and John F. Howerton. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: 21 March 1823. The bond records a debt of $2,214.67 associated with a writ of fieri facias issued against the estate of Charles Carter and identifies "one Negro man named Manuel Jack" as collateral subject to seizure if the debt remained unpaid. [3] Lenton, Charles. Bond to James and John H. Irwin for the benefit of Michael Newton. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: 23 April 1823. This document binds Lenton for $337.42 and identifies "one Negro boy by the name of Peter" as property pledged to secure the obligation, specifying that the enslaved child must be produced for sale if required under the terms of the writ. During the nineteenth century enslaved people were legally classified as chattel property under the laws of slaveholding states, allowing them to be mortgaged, seized by courts, and transferred between owners as part of debt enforcement procedures. Legal instruments such as bonds and writs of fieri facias formed part of the judicial process through which creditors pursued unpaid obligations and frequently resulted in the forced sale of enslaved individuals. Documents naming individuals such as Manuel Jack and Peter provide stark evidence of how the legal and financial systems of the American South treated human lives as collateral within commercial transactions. Three manuscript bonds written on partially printed forms with handwritten text and signatures. Light creasing, toning, and handling wear consistent with age; text remains clear and legible. Overall very good condition. The archive preserves primary documentary evidence of the legal and economic structures sustaining slavery in the early nineteenth century United States.
MALEDICTA: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression

MALEDICTA: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression by Aman, Reinhold

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MALEDICTA: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression
Author
Aman, Reinhold
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Maledicta Press, 1996. First edition. Very good plus.. Early run of this academic journal dedicated to "offensive" words in all languages, together with several issues of the editor's newsletter BENEDICTA and associated ephemera. Set is comprised of Volumes 1-9, Volume 11, and Volume 12. Notable contents include Gershon Legman's "A Word for It," Nancy Huston on French Canadian profanities, several pieces by the pre-Hollywood John Hughes, Nat Hentoff's "The Deflowering of The American Heritage Dictionary," Gwen Foss's horrifying glossary of Domino's Pizza Jargon, and much more. Fourteen volumes, 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original yellow wrappers. Later years include two issues bound in single volumes. With Numbers 2, 3, 4+5, and 6 of BENEDICTA. Additional order forms and publisher's catalogues laid in. General edgewear and light toning/soil, more pronounced soil and wear to newsletters. Sharp overall.
漢藏對照詞典 / Rgya bod shan sbyar tshig mdzod [= Chinese-Tibetan dictionary]

漢藏對照詞典 / Rgya bod shan sbyar tshig mdzod [= Chinese-Tibetan dictionary]

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漢藏對照詞典 / Rgya bod shan sbyar tshig mdzod [= Chinese-Tibetan dictionary]
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Peking: Ethnicities Publishing House, 1991. Thick 8vo, pp. 2, 2, 4, 26, 1448, [1]; text in double column; full blue cloth gilt; lower hinge split, text toned but otherwise clean and sound, very good.
The Good Times

The Good Times by Baker, Russell

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The Good Times
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Baker, Russell
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780688061708
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Fine
Description
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Presentation copy inscribed by editor Maryann Palumbo on the front endpaper. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95), faintly rubbed. Quarter maroon cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Baker's autobiography that covers "his striving and achieving twenties and thirties, and [the United States'] sunny years under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.
PICTURE FRAMES

PICTURE FRAMES by WINSLOW, Thyra Samter

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PICTURE FRAMES
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WINSLOW, Thyra Samter
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. WINSLOW, Thyra Samter. PICTURE FRAMES. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Small 8vo., blue cloth with printed title labels. First Edition. Signed presentation by Winslow on half-title page: "For Edith W. Kinkead, best wishes of Thyra Samter Winslow. August 1923." Good (some browning spine label). $50.00.
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Iren Stehli: Libuna: A Gypsy's Life in Prague. Texts/'Texte: Anna Farova, Milena Hubschmannova, Martin Heller. Introduction and Interview...Franca Camalini

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Iren Stehli: Libuna: A Gypsy's Life in Prague. Texts/'Texte: Anna Farova, Milena Hubschmannova, Martin Heller. Introduction and Interview...Franca Camalini
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Zurich: Scalo, [2004] Boards. Quarto. Fine.
Daydreamers

Daydreamers by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] FEELINGS, Tom (illustrations); GREENFIELD, Eloise (poem)

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Daydreamers
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] FEELINGS, Tom (illustrations); GREENFIELD, Eloise (poem)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: The Dial Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (27.5cm); tan paper and brown cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket (priced $9.95 at upper front flap, with lower corner of same clipped), with light shelfwear and a short tear with attendant crease to upper edge of rear panel. Attractive collaborative work for children, coupling Greenfield's poem with the work of African American painter and cartoonist Tom Feelings.
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DANIEL WEBSTER by Lodge, Henry

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DANIEL WEBSTER
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Lodge, Henry
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Delanco: Legal Classics Library, 2006. Special Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 372 Pages. In Very Good condition. Brown spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in brown leather with gilded details. Boards show mild shelf wear. Text block is clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. 1385622. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Daniel Webster by McCall, Samuel

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Daniel Webster
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McCall, Samuel
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Boston & New York: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. Ex-lib, Good .
Maurice Wilson: New Works

Maurice Wilson: New Works

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Maurice Wilson: New Works
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 16 page exhibition catalog.

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