[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Advertisements for the return of freedom seekers published in 8 issues of The National Intelligencer. Washington, DC: May-August 1837.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $188
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Advertisements for the return of freedom seekers published in 8 issues of The National Intelligencer. Washington, DC: May-August 1837.
Folio, 18 x 20 1/2 in. Dates include 25, 30 May; 1, 3, 7, 14 June; 8 July; 26 August.
Containing 47 ads for rewards for returns of 12 different freedom seeking enslaved people: Godfrey ($100); Joe ($150); Henry ($150) Wood ($50; Ephraim ($50); John ($200); Moses (& Penny) ($75); Valinda ($2); Bill ($75); Caroline ($10 - 20 depending on where she is found); Basil Duppin ($300) and another Henry ($200). These people are mentioned multiple times.
Additional ads include: Wanted to hire “two colored boys, suitable for the sweeping of chimneys” [25 May]; "parcels of land and negroes of both sexes for sale"; "Cash for Negroes ... under twenty-five years of age, families included” [26 Aug., p.2] and "Cash for 200 Negroes" of both sexes [26 Aug., p.4]. Coverage of the fight of Texans for independence is also included.
By issue:
25 May 1837 – p.3, col. 5 - $100 reward for return of “mulatto slave” Godfrey, stutters badly; also, col. 3 – Wanted to hire “two colored boys, suitable for the sweeping of chimneys”; p.4, col. 5 - $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; $50 for “Wood” (his name).
30 May 1837 – p.1, col. 3 - $50 for Ephraim; p.2, col. 3 - $200 for John; p.2, col. 5 – parcels of land and negroes of both sexes for sale (“Clean Drinking for Sale”); p.3, col. 6 - $50 for Ephraim; p.4, col. 4 - $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; p.4, col. 5 - $100 for Godfrey; $50 for Wood; p.4, col. 6 - $75 for Moses
1 June 1837 – p.1, col.5 (near bottom) - $50 for Ephraim; p.4, col. 5 - $75 for Moses; $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; $200 for John; also “Clean Drinking for Sale” – land and negroes of both sexes for sale; p.4, col. 6 - $100 for Godfrey; $50 for Wood
3 June 1837 – col. 5, p.1, bottom - $50 for Ephraim; p.4, col 5 – “Clean drinking for sale” with land and negroes of both sexes offered; p.4, col. 6 - $100 for Godfrey (stutterer); $50 for Wood; $75 for Moses; $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; and $200 for John.
7 June 1837 - p.1, col.6 (bottom corner) - $100 for Godfrey; p.2, col.6 (bottom) - $75 reward for return of Moses and Penny; p.4, col. 4 (last two entries) - $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; p.4, col. 5 - $200 for John (second to last item); p.4, col. 6 - $50 reward for Wood
14 June 1837 – p.4, col. 5 - $100 for Godfrey; $150 for Joe; $150 for Henry; $2 for Valinda
8 July 1837 – p.3, col. 5 - $75 for Bill (calling himself William Ford); p.4, col. 4 – “Negro woman named Caroline,” $10, 15 or 20 reward, depending on where taken; $150 for Joe; p.4, col. 5 - $100 for Godfrey; p.4, col. 6 - $50 for John
26 Aug. 1837 – p.2, col. 5 (bottom) “Cash for Negroes” “…under twenty-five years of age, families included”; p.3, col.4 – letter re: colonization of Africa; p. 4, col. 2 - $150 for Henry; $100 for John; p.4, col.3 - $200 for (another) Henry; p.4, col. 4 - $100 for Bill; p.4, col. 5 “Cash for 200 Negroes” both sexes; $100 for Godfrey; $300 for Basil Duppin
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