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The highest prices yet.

--At Christianburg, Va., on Saturday last, the 17th inst., two negroes, a man and girl, were sold for the round sum of $5,000. The man brought $3,150, the girl $2,500. These are the highest prices ever obtained in this or any other country.

The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 23, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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