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"Negro Wench" to be sold by Thomas Wiggins
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"Negro Wench" to be sold by Thomas Wiggins

January 10, 1781 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

Newspaper advertisement for a slave sale

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Newspaper New Jersey Gazette Place of Publication Trenton, NJ Ad Author(s) Thomas Wiggins Ad Subject(s) Negro Wench Ad Type Sale Price Inquire of Thomas Wiggins
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