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Masters writes to Reade that Dick "has been somewhat uneasy with me, the first cause [was] my separating his wench from him.
"The lowest price is one hundred pounds."
Addressed to Reade in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Creation Date
8-25-1796
Country
United States of America
Keywords
solicitation, slave, trade, commerce, Dick, slavery, bondage, domestic slave trade, United States, north
Date Digital
9-2016
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
African American Studies | African History | American Studies | Digital Humanities | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | History | Labor History | Legal | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History | Women's History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-us
Recommended Citation
Masters, Josiah, "Letter from Josiah Masters to John Reade about a slave man named Dick he (Masters) wishes to sell. New York, 1796." (1796). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 328.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/328
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