From the Richmond Dispatch, 1/1/1863, p. 1, c. 4

High Prices for Negroes. – At a sale made yesterday of negroes belonging to the estate of the late Samuel Hardgrove, the following prices were obtained, viz: Wm. Washington, $1,570; Robin Carter, $1,535; Jerry Page, $1,800; Wm. Minor, $1,765; Geo. Johnson $1,600; Wm. Johnson, $1,595; two boys, (twins,) about 13 years of age, $3,050; Jno Wilinson, $1,470, Stephen Wesley, $1,500; Israel Dabney, $1,800; Aaron Sharp, $1,750; Doctor Crump, $1,935, Albert Mayo, $1,920; Manson Cox, $1,875; Frank Wise $1,700; Silas Jones, $1,750; Wm. Booker, $1,600; Nathan Hill, $1,900; Pat Clay, $1,900; Peter Davis, $90; Wm. Lea, $1,250; Doctor Allen, $1,470; Fleming, $1,700; Silas Wright, $1,625; Edwin Baxter, $1,600, Reuben Read, $1,700; Frank Caratham, $1,370; Jas. Crump, $950; Beverly, $1,700; Chas. Dabney, $1,895; Wm. Dabney, $1,580; Thos. Nipe, $1,830; David, $1,600; Wm. Jones, $1,000; Bill, $1,100; Isaiah Crump, $1,600; Josiah, $1,750.

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