Bill of exchange for Charles Hussenden, slaveholder on St. Eustatius, Bill of exchange worth 2500 guilders in the name of Charles Hussenden, July 17, 1863. Bill of exchange issued to slaveholders on St. Eustatius to compensate them for declaring free the enslaved people they counted as their property at the Emancipation of 1863. With two attached sheets., maker: anonymous, Netherlands, 17-Jul-1863, paper, ink, writing (processes), printing, height 140 mm × width 270 mm


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