For Sale. AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN
Title
For Sale. AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN
Description
A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a black woman, aged 25, who is a slave for life. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper Guardian, or, New Brunswick Advertiser. This newspaper was published by Abraham Blauvelt (Queen's College graduate, class of 1789, and long-time college trustee) who regularly facilitated slave sales for his subscribers.
Date
1815-03-16
Spatial Coverage
Language
English
Source
Original newspaper issue preserved by Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 15.
Text (Transcript)
For Sale.
AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN, for life about 25 years of age, she is perfectly sober and honest and understands all kinds of house work and is an excellent spinster of flax, tow and wool, enquire of the printer hereof.
Feb. 20, 1815. 20tf.
AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN, for life about 25 years of age, she is perfectly sober and honest and understands all kinds of house work and is an excellent spinster of flax, tow and wool, enquire of the printer hereof.
Feb. 20, 1815. 20tf.
Publication
Place of publication
Page
4
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“For Sale. AT her own request, a strong, healthy NEGRO WOMAN,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed June 6, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/521.