1784-03-25 Advertisement: Black man aged 25

Title

1784-03-25 Advertisement: Black man aged 25

Identifier

NJS-EVE-01085

Source

Slave sale ad for a Black man, by Samuel Stanhope Smith

Slave sale ad for a Black man, by Samuel Stanhope Smith, "TO BE SOLD," New-Jersey Gazette, March 30, 1784.

Event Description

Samuel Stanhope Smith (professor and later president of Princeton University) placed a slave sale advertisement in a Trenton newspaper. Smith sought to sell a 25-year-old Black man who was trained as a farmer and to acquire instead a new enslaved worker to perform domestic labor in Smith's home in Princeton.

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Transcript of the source document:

"TO BE SOLD,
Or exchanged for a servant accustomed to cooking and waiting in a genteel family,
A NEGRO SERVANT,
About 25 years of age, who is well acquainted with the business of a plantation, and used to taking care of horses. Enquire of the Printer, or of the subscriber in Princeton.
SAMUEL S. SMITH
March 25, 1784."

Event Type

Freedom status transaction: Advertisement

Date

25 March 1784

Location of Event

Princeton

Enslaver

Samuel Stanhope Smith (1751-1819)

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Black man aged 25 ***
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 25
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Samuel Stanhope Smith (1751-1819)
Verbatim description from source:
"A NEGRO SERVANT,
About 25 years of age, who is well acquainted with the business of a plantation"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

Samuel Stanhope Smith (1751-1819)
Role: Enslaver - Advertiser

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker