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Title
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The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser No. 2747
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Rights
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Public Domain
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Creator
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Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (1784 - 1791)
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Date
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November 24, 1787 C. E.
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Description
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This is a four-page newspaper from November 24, 1787. It is an edition of the Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser that is yellowed paper with black ink and edges torn in many places and many creases. Several advertisements are on the front and back with articles and additional advertisements in the middle. One of the advertisements includes the sale of two enslaved people and is found on the front page at the bottom left corner. The first one is for the sale of a 29-year- old unidentified enslaved male. The second advertisement is for the sale of an unidentified enslaved female. The third column on the front page has an advertisement for a ten-dollar reward on information on a runaway slave named Will from Buck County, Pennsylvania and belonging to Mr. Alexander Allair. The advertisement describes Will’s height and physical ailments along with his language proficiency.
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Format
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Ink on newsprint. H x W: 19 1/2 × 11 13/16 in. (49.5 × 30 cm).
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Language
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English.
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Publisher
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Contributor
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Vontrice Lemell
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Identifier
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2018.43.9
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Subject
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Newspapers; business; commerce; domestic slave trade; slavery; finance; fugitive enslaved; felf-liberation; United States; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania.
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Source
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Jpg file. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 11/4/2021. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2018.43.9?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtopic%253A%2522Slavery%2522
