Letter from Hill, Dickinson & Co. about the price of enslaved persons, 1860 December 28 :printed text.

Letter from Hill, Dickinson & Co. to unidentified recipients discussing the "financial crisis" and its impacts on the price of enslaved persons. Hill, Dickinson & Co. has "no hope for political change which will give peace and confidence in commercial matters ... [it thinks] for some years to come negroes will not command over $1,000 for best men and $800 for best women." The auction house expects that "we ought not to expect more than $800 for men and $600 for women."

Name of author appears as Dickinson, Hill & Co. on document.

Title devised by cataloger.

Formerly known as: Letter detailing the dropping and unsustainable price of slaves, from Dickinson, Hill and Co., Richmond [Va.?]