1814-04-21 Advertisement: Grace, Dine

Identifier
NJS-EVE-00781
Source
Slave sale ad for two Black women from the estate of Joseph Clark

Slave sale ad for two Black women from the estate of Joseph Clark, Fredonian, April 21, 1814.
Event Description
On April 21, 1814, John Neilson and John Pool, two of the executors of the estate of the Rev. Joseph Clark (late pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick), placed a sale advertisement for two Black women in the New Brunswick newspaper the Fredonian. The ad also mentioned that buyers could inquire with "P. I. Clark" which refers to Joseph Clark's son Peter Imlay Clark, although he was not one of the executors of his father's estate. The text of the ad was as follows:

"For Sale, TWO BLACK WOMEN, Belonging to the estate of Rev. Dr. J. Clark, dec— one in her 25th the other in her 18th year. They are sober, honest, and industrious. For terms enquire of JOHN NEILSON, JOHN POOL, Executers. Or of P.I. CLARK. Also for sale— A CHAIR AND HARNESS. April 21."

Although the ad did not mention the women's names, we are able to identify the women as Grace and Dine based on related receipts that were preserved in the Neilson Family Papers at Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives.
Event Type
Advertisement
Keywords
Estate (deceased enslaver)
Date
April 21, 1814
Location of Event
New Brunswick
Following Event
1814-08-04 Sale: Grace
1815-04-17 Sale: Dine
Primary Participants

Grace (b. ca. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00982
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 24
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
Verbatim description from source:
"black woman... in her 25th year"

Dine (b. ca. 1797)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01517
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 17
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
Verbatim description from source:
"black woman... in her 18th year"
Additional Participants

Joseph Clark (1751-1813)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00021
Role: Enslaver, Deceased
Comment: two women listed as belonging to his estate

John Neilson (1745-1833)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00001
Role: Advertiser
Comment: executor of the estate of Joseph Clark

John Pool
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01769
Role: Advertiser
Comment: executor of the estate of Joseph Clark

Peter Imlay Clark (1790-1863)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01668
Role: Advertiser
Comment: son of decedent, involved in arranging the sale
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event