The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England: Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England: Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
New England -- Social life and customs; Spinning
A few likely Negro Boys, and two Negro Men between 20 and 30
Years of Age. Also, Newcastle Coals, Lisbon and Salterduda
Salt, A few Pipes of MADEIRA WINES, also Fyal Wines, Quart
Bottles by the Groce--Hemp--Russia and Ravens Duck--English Duck
of all Numbers--Cordage Anchors--Oznabrigs--Ticklenburgs--Hooks
and Lines--Newcastle Crown Glass of all Sizes and in Sheets--ALSO,
Bristol Glass of all Sizes--All Sorts of Nails--Scotch Snuff,
and a variety of English and Scots Manufactures.
_Boston Post-Boy_, Dec. 19, 1763.
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Just Imported from _Africa_,
And to be Sold cheap at No. 5 _Butler's_ Row.
A few prime Men and Boys Slaves from the Gold Coast.
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TO BE SOLD,
A Parcel of likely Negroes, imported from _Africa_, Cheap
for Cash or Credit with Interest; enquire of _John Avery_ at
his House, next Door to the white Horse, or at a Store
adjoining to said _Avery's_ Distill House, at the South End,
near the South Market:--Also if any Persons have any Negroe
Men, strong and hearty, tho' not of the best moral
character, which are proper Subjects for Transportation, may
have an Exchange for small Negroes.
_Boston Gazette_, 1763
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JUST Imported,
From _AFRICA_.
A Number of prime young _SLAVES_, from the Windward Coast,
and to be Sold on board Capt. _Gwin_ lying at New-Boston.
_Boston Gazette_, July 13, 1761.
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To be sold, a parcel of likely hearty Negroes, both Male and
Female from Ten Years of Age to Twenty, imported the last
Week from _AFRICA_. Enquire of Capt. _Wickham_ on board the
Sloop _Diamond_, now laying at the Wharff adjoining to JOHN
AVERY'S Distill-House near the South Market, or of said
_Avery_ at his House next the White Horse.
We have not been able to find that any of the inhabitants of Salem
engaged in the slave-trade; but we notice that at a town-meeting held in
the month of May, 1773, the following vote was passed: "That the
Representatives of the Town be instructed to use their utmost Endeavours
to prevent the future Importation of Negroes into this Province; their
Slavery being repugnant to the natural Rights of Mankind and highly
prejudicial to the Province." It is of course possible that some Salem
people may have been interested in vessels hailing from other places and
engaged in this nefarious traffic, as it is now considered.
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Arrival of Irish servants at Boston in 1769.
_Arrived from IRELAND,_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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