An enslaved eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy for sale at public auction.

An enslaved eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy for sale at public auction.

enslavement

Race relations

Leon County (Fla.)

Florida State University

Slave auctions

A newspaper advertisement for the public auction of a eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy in Tallahassee, Florida by R.J. Hackley.

Hackley, R.J.

Original digital item located in America's Historical Newspapers that can be accessed with an account at lib.fsu.edu

1835-02-07

Britton Fuller

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English.

“Notice. Will be sold on Wednesday the 11(?)th inst., a very likely negro boy 18 or 19 years old. -R.J. Hackley Feb. 7.”

Newspaper text.