WANTED TO PURCHASE, Two active Negro Boys

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Title

WANTED TO PURCHASE, Two active Negro Boys

Creator

Description

New Brunswick merchant Timothy Brush seeks to purchase two black boys at his Intelligence Office.

Date

1795-10-26

Language

English

Source

Original newspaper issue preserved by Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 14.

Text (Transcript)

WANTED TO PURCHASE,
Two active NEGRO BOYS,
from 12 to 14 years of age. Inquire of T. BRUSH, at the Intelligence Office.
October 26, 1795.

Place of publication

Page

3

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Citation

Brush, T., “WANTED TO PURCHASE, Two active Negro Boys,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed March 29, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/512.