George Sherman
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This white person has 4 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01818
- Given Name
- George
- Family Name
- Sherman
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Writing and Publishing
- Biographical Description
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George Sherman was a printer who lived in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the publisher of the long-running Trenton Federalist newspaper in the early 19th century (as well as several of its predecessor publications in the 1790s).
His newspaper routinely printed runaway notices and slave sale advertisements. The sale ads sometimes invited prospective buyers to "inquire of the printer," indicating that Sherman helped facilitate these sales. - Keywords
- white person
- printer
- Places
- Trenton
- References
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William Nelson, “Some New Jersey Printers and Printing in the Eighteenth Century,” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 1911, 15–56. https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44806572.pdf.
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Author:
- Slave sale ad for a young woman aged 19, enquire of the printers George Sherman and John Mershon (Slave sale ad for a young woman aged 19, enquire of the printers George Sherman and John Mershon, "FOR SALE," Trenton Federalist, January 9, 1804, p. 3.)
Editor:
- Sale ad for a 12-year-old Black girl (Sale ad for a 12-year-old Black girl, "FOR SALE, A smart healthy NEGRO GIRL," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, December 2, 1800, p. 4.)
- Slave sale ad for 25-year-old Black woman, enquire of the printer George Sherman (Slave sale ad for 25-year-old Black woman, enquire of the printer George Sherman, "FOR SALE," Trenton Federalist, May 18, 1807, p. 3.)
- Slave sale ad for a Black woman, facilitated by newspaper printer George Sherman (Slave sale ad for a Black woman, facilitated by newspaper printer George Sherman, Trenton Federalist, August 10, 1818, p. 4.)
- Wanted ad for a Black woman, enquire of the printer (Wanted ad for a Black woman, enquire of the printer, "WANTED," Trenton Federalist, August 13, 1810, p. 3.)
- Wanted ad for a middle aged Black woman, enquire of the printer George Sherman (Wanted ad for a middle aged Black woman, enquire of the printer George Sherman, "Wanted to purchase the time," Trenton Federalist, December 21, 1812, p. 4.)
- Wanted ad for the purchase of a Black woman, enquire of the printers George Sherman and John Mershon (Wanted ad for the purchase of a Black woman, enquire of the printers George Sherman and John Mershon, "Wanted (to purchase)," Trenton Federalist, September 5, 1803, p. 1.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1800-11-14 Advertisement: Black girl aged 12 in Sherman, Mershon, and Thomas's newspaper (Role: Printer as Broker)
- 1803-01-09 Advertisement: Black woman aged 19 (Role: Printer as Broker)
- 1807-05-18 Advertisement: Black woman aged 25 (Role: Printer as Broker)
- 1818-08-10 Advertisement: Black woman in George Sherman's newspaper (Role: Printer as Broker)
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- Agent