"Goods & Negroes at Auction"
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Title
"Goods & Negroes at Auction"
Subject
Florida State University
Enslavement
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Race Relations
Description
Goods and negroes for sale to the highest bidder.
Creator
Hackley, R.J.
Source
Original digital item located in America's Historical Newspapers (The Floridian and Advocate) that can be accessed with an account at lib.fsu.edu
Publisher
Floridian and Advocate
Date
1836-11-12
Contributor
Patterson, Kathryn
Rights
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“GOODS & NEGROES AT AUCTION
ON SATURDAY, the 12th inst, I shall sell to (?) the highest bidder without reserve, the entire stock of R. Fletcher & Co, consisting of cabinets, (?)gro cloth, ready made clothing, dry goods, shoes all sorts and sizes, crockery, glass and stone wa(?) Hats, Groceries, Brandy, a choice article, fine (?) Port Wine, &c, &c. I shall sell at the same time NEGROES, to wits a likely young fellow 21 years of age—d(?) 20 years, 2 women from 30 to 35, very likely. Terms made known on the day of sale.
R.J. HACKLEY
Nov. 1, 1836.”
ON SATURDAY, the 12th inst, I shall sell to (?) the highest bidder without reserve, the entire stock of R. Fletcher & Co, consisting of cabinets, (?)gro cloth, ready made clothing, dry goods, shoes all sorts and sizes, crockery, glass and stone wa(?) Hats, Groceries, Brandy, a choice article, fine (?) Port Wine, &c, &c. I shall sell at the same time NEGROES, to wits a likely young fellow 21 years of age—d(?) 20 years, 2 women from 30 to 35, very likely. Terms made known on the day of sale.
R.J. HACKLEY
Nov. 1, 1836.”
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Citation
Hackley, R.J., “"Goods & Negroes at Auction",” A Community History of Race Relations: Tallahassee & Florida State University , accessed May 18, 2024, https://historyracerelationstlh.omeka.net/items/show/1426.