George Sherman · New Jersey Slavery Records · New Jersey Slavery Records

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This white person has 4 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.

Record Title

George Sherman

Identifier

NJS-PER-01818

Given Name

George

Family Name

Sherman

Sex

Male

Occupation

Writing and Publishing

Biographical Description

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

Place of Significance

Trenton

Related Person

John Mershon

I. Thomas

References

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

Linked Sources

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.)
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.)
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.)

Linked Events

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)
1818-08-10 Advertisement: Black woman in George Sherman's newspaper (Role: Printer as Broker)