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Title
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Negroes, Negroes
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Rights
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Duke University. Educational Fair Use.
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Creator
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Moses, J. F.
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Date
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1859 C.E.
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Description
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This is a black ink print on yellow paper advertisement for the sale of Black slaves. The top reads “NEGROES, NEGROES.” Below is a walking Black male in pants and shirt with a sack tied to a stick and hanging from his back. On the right side is a Black woman sitting with a plant next to her and a sack in her hand. The images are separated from the text below by two black lines. The text is in bold and explains that J. F. Moses has arrived in “Lumpkin from Virginia, with a likely lot of negroes, about 40 in number, embracing every shade and variety.” The piece goes on to list different types of professions they hold “seamstresses, chamber maids, field hands,” and that he has sold over two hundred slaves. Towards the bottom right reads “J.F. MOSES.,” and below starting at the left, “Lumpkin, GA., Nov. 14th 1859.”
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Format
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Advertisements. Black and white drawings.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Duke University.
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Contributor
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Vontrice Lemelll
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Identifier
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duke:428278
B0430
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Subject
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Photography; advertisments; American South; domestic slave trade; slavery; U.S. history; African Americans; business; auctions.
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Source
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Jpg file. Duke University. 11/04/2021. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/eaa/B0430
Negros, Negros.