For Sale, Active Negro Wench with male child, Hagerstown, 1795

Collection Name

Enslaved and Free African Americans in Western Maryland

About

Slaves for Sale

Media Items

Ad in Washington Spy, 1795 - "For Sale, An active Negro Wench"

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ItemID

wmsl258

IDEntry

8461

Creator

Washington Spy

Date

1795-05-18

Collection Location

Washington County Free Library

Subject

Slaves and Free Blacks, Western Maryland

Coverage

Western Maryland, 1790-1864

FOR SALE,

An Active Negro Wench
Well acquainted with cooking, washing, ironing, and all kinds of house work, with a fine male child.
Apply at the Printing Office.
Hagerstown, May 19, 1795