Sale of Enslaved Man, Name Unknown, Age 26

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Title

Sale of Enslaved Man, Name Unknown, Age 26

Subject

Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Race relations
Enslavement

Description

This item is a newspaper ad for the sale of an enslaved man (aged 26 years old) whose name is not listed.

Creator

Hackley, R.J.

Source

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

Publisher

Floridian and Advocate

Date

1839-06-08

Contributor

Brown, Amanda

Rights

These materials were gathered together as part of an effort between FSU's History Department and FSU's Libraries to assemble materials related to the history of race relations in Tallahassee. The user is responsible for investigating any copyright restrictions on further use of these materials outside this digital collection.
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Text

Negro at Auction. WILL be sold to the highest bidder on Saturday the 15th inst., a likely negro man, aged about 26 years. Terms made known on the day of sale.
R.J. HACKLEY.
June 8, 1839.

Files

1839_06_08b.png
Floridian_and_Advocate_published_as_The_Floridian___June_8_1839.pdf

Citation

Hackley, R.J., “Sale of Enslaved Man, Name Unknown, Age 26,” A Community History of Race Relations: Tallahassee & Florida State University , accessed May 18, 2024, https://historyracerelationstlh.omeka.net/items/show/1419.

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