FOR SALE, Or to be exchanged for a black Girl, A NEGRO BOY

Fredonian 1814-01-20 p1 For sale, or to be exchanged for a black Girl, a Negro Boy.jpg

Title

FOR SALE, Or to be exchanged for a black Girl, A NEGRO BOY

Description

A slaveholder around New Brunswick seeks to sell an 8-year-old black boy in a private sale or to exchange the boy for a black girl. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply to the printers of the Fredonian newspaper for more information.

Date

1814-01-20

Language

English

Text (Transcript)

FOR SALE,
Or to be exchanged for a black Girl,
A NEGRO BOY, about eight years old. He is likely and active, and accustomed to wait at table, &c. Enquire of the printers hereof.
Dec. 9.

Publication

Place of publication

Page

3

Geolocation

Citation

“FOR SALE, Or to be exchanged for a black Girl, A NEGRO BOY,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 20, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/57.