1797-12-18 Advertisement: Black girl aged 14
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01189
- Source
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Slave sale ad for a 14-year-old Black girl, enquire of the printer Daniel Dodge
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Slave sale ad for a 14-year-old Black girl, enquire of the printer Daniel Dodge, "FOR SALE," Centinel of Freedom, December 19, 1797, p. 3.
- Event Description
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A sale advertisement for a 14-year-old Black girl was published in the Newark newspaper Centinel of Freedom in December 1797. The name of the enslaver was not mentioned. The sale would be brokered by the printer of the newspaper, Daniel Dodge.
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Transcript of the source document:
"FOR SALE,
A LIKELY active NEGRO GIRL, about fourteen years of age. To be sold for want of employ. Enquire at the Centinel Office.
December 18, 1797.
64-3w" - Event Type
- Advertisement
- Keywords
- enquire of the printer
- Date
- December 18, 1797
- Location of Event
- Newark
- Primary Participants
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Black girl aged 14
Role: Advertised Person
Age: 14
Status: Enslaved
Verbatim description from source:
"A LIKELY active NEGRO GIRL, about fourteen years of age" - Additional Participants
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Daniel Dodge
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02768
Role: Printer as Broker - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker