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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", enslaved, "enslaved people", "enslaved person", 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 an enslaved man named Dick whom (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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