1794-12-24 Advertisement: Black boy aged 12 · New Jersey Slavery Records

Identifier: NJS-EVE-01032
Source: Slave sale ad for 12-year-old Black boy, by Thomas Wiggins; Slave sale ad for 12-year-old Black boy, by Thomas Wiggins, New-Jersey State Gazette, December 30, 1794.
Event Description: In December 1794, Thomas Wiggins advertised the sale of a 12-year-old Black boy in Princeton.

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Transcript of the source document:

"To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBER,
An elegant COACHEE,
with HARNESS complete, not the worse for wear ; likewise,
A smart, active, likely Negro Boy,
in his thirteenth year.
THOMAS WIGGINS.
Princeton, December 24, 1794."
Event Type: Advertisement
Date: December 24, 1794
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location of Event: Princeton
Primary Participants: Black boy aged 12
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 12
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Thomas Wiggins (1731-1804)
Verbatim description from source:
"A smart, active, likely Negro Boy, in his thirteenth year"
Additional Participants: Thomas Wiggins (1731-1804)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02452
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser
Record Contributor: Indy Davis; Princeton & Slavery Project