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Early Charleston: slave ads...
Early Charleston: slave ads...
Item # 691319
February 25, 1803
CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, Feb. 25, 1803 A volume I issue of this famous title from the South.
The bottom of the front page has an ad which gives notice that: "The Office: "For the Sale and Purchase of NEGROES is removed from no. 104 Broad-Street to no. 3 Champacy's St..."
Page 3 has an ad: "Wanted to Purchase, a gang of 20 or 25 Negroes...".
The back page has several, including a sale of: "Between 20 & 30 Valuable NEGROES" with details; a listing of a "Public Auction" which includes: "...107 valuable Negro Slaves...", and another mentions: "At Private Sale, A likely Mulatto Girl about 15 years old, also a smart Negro boy...".
Four pages, a bit irregular at the spine margin, a few minor margin tears, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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