1805-11-01 Advertisement: Black woman, Black boy aged 5, Black baby girl aged 1 year
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01045
- Source
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Slave sale ad for a Black woman, 5-year-old boy, and 1-year-old girl, by Isaac Anderson
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Slave sale ad for a Black woman, 5-year-old boy, and 1-year-old girl, by Isaac Anderson, "For sale," Trenton Federalist, November 11, 1805.
- Event Description
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On November 1, 1805, Isaac Anderson of Princeton advertised the sale of a Black woman and her two children, a boy aged 5 and a baby girl aged 1 year.
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Transcript of the source document:
"For Sale,
In the pleasant and beautiful village of Princeton, about three hundred yards east of the Market,
A BRICK HOUSE, fifty feet , two stories high, furnished complete, and standing on a lot of 150 feet, on the street, with about twelve acres of land in the rear, in a high state of cultivation, having 150 apple trees thereon; with a good English barn, stables, cow, and hav-houses, a good carriage-house, smoke and milk-house, and about 35 acres of meadow and plough land. Also, one FRAME HOUSE, two stories high, with four rooms on a floor, having a handsome office at each end, and a kitchen in the rear, with a good paled garden, well, &e. Likewise, nine other houses and lots of different dimensions, with some vacant lots ; and about 50 acres of wood land one and an half miles from the town. Any person willing to purchase may apply to the subscriber, who is ready to treat for the whole or any part thereof. A clear and indisputable title will be given, and payments made easy if required.
ISAAC ANDERSON.
Princeton, November 1, 1805.
N.B. A negro woman with a male child, five years old; and one female do, one year old, for sale." - Event Type
- Advertisement
- Date
- November 1, 1805
- Location of Event
- Princeton
- Primary Participants
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Black woman
Role: Advertised Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Anderson
Verbatim description from source:
"negro woman"Black boy aged 5
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 5
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Anderson
Verbatim description from source:
"male child, five years old"Black baby girl aged 1 year
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 1
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Anderson
Verbatim description from source:
"female [child], one year old" - Additional Participants
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Isaac Anderson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02479
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Indy Davis
- Princeton & Slavery Project