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"Negro Servant"
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"Negro Servant"

March 30, 1784 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

An ad to sell a slave placed by Samuel Stanhope Smith in 1784.

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Slavery at the President's House , Samuel Stanhope Smith , Slavery in the Witherspoon Family
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New Jersey Gazette

Format PNG Item Type Advertisement Newspaper New Jersey gazette Place of Publication Trenton, NJ Ad Author(s) Samuel Stanhope Smith Ad Subject(s) Slave Sale Ad Type Advertisement
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