1792 Sale: Mary · New Jersey Slavery Records

Identifier: NJS-EVE-01043
Source: Runaway ad for Mary, by Francis Blaise; Runaway ad for Mary, by Francis Blaise, "Twenty-Four Dollars Reward," Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser, July 21, 1795, p. 3.
Event Description: Mary, a young Black woman, was sold by John Carter of Rocky Hill to Francis Blaise of Princeton sometime before December 1793. The sale may have taken place shortly before that date or some years prior. The sale was mentioned by Blaise in a runaway ad that he published after Mary ran away.
Event Type: Sale
Date: 1792
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location of Event: Rocky Hill; Princeton
Following Event: 1793-12-10 Freedom Seeking: Mary
Primary Participants: Mary (b. 1773)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02432
Role: Sold Person
Age category: Young Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Carter
- Francis Blaise
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Woman named Mary; the subscriber purchased her of John Carter, at Rocky-hill"
Additional Participants: John Carter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02472
Role: Enslaver, Seller

Francis Blaise
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02428
Role: Enslaver, Buyer
Record Contributor: Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux; Princeton & Slavery Project