Farmer gipsies who remained in Eastern Europe continued to be slaves until the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1845 200 families of gipsies were sold by auction at Bucharest. The average price realised was about £5 a head.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 234, 3 October 1932, Page 3
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