1800-11-14 Advertisement: Black girl aged 12 in Sherman, Mershon, and Thomas's newspaper

Identifier
NJS-EVE-00989
Source
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.
Event Description
The following item advertised the sale of a 12-year-old Black girl. The sale was to be brokered by the printers of the newspaper in Trenton.

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Transcript of the source document:

"FOR SALE,
A smart healthy NEGRO GIRL,
BETWEEN 12 and 13 years of age, has 11 years to serve, is capable of doing the work of a small family, and has had the small-pox. For further particulars enquire of the printers.
Nov. 14, 1800. 91-tf"
Event Type
Advertisement
Keywords
enquire of the printer
Date
November 14, 1800
Location of Event
Trenton
Primary Participants

Black girl aged 12 in Sherman, Mershon, and Thomas's newspaper
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 12
Status: Enslaved
Verbatim description from source:
"smart healthy NEGRO GIRL, BETWEEN 12 and 13 years of age, has 11 years to serve, is capable of doing the work of a small family, and has had the small-pox"
Additional Participants

George Sherman
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01818
Role: Printer as Broker

John Mershon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01819
Role: Printer as Broker

I. Thomas
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02388
Role: Printer as Broker
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event