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Slave ads in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper...
Slave ads in this antebellum Louisiana newspaper...
Item # 684378
July 30, 1850
THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, July 30, 1850 Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the front page ads is one headed: "Slaves! Slaves! Slaves!" which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on consignment, for sale in this market, any number of slaves, having one of the best showrooms in the city, & large & comfortable quarters where every attention will be paid to their comfort. Merchants, planters, and families having slaves to dispose of will find it to their interest to place them in our charge..." with a bit more.
Beneath it is an illustrated: "$20 Reward" ad for a runaway mulatto boy, with details. Page 2 has a similar illus. ad with a "$50 Reward".
Four pages, archival strengthening at the blank spine, an old mend at the bottom of the front page, part of the bottom margin of the back leaf is trimmed affecting only ads on the back page.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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