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various aspects of enslavement in Pennsylvania

Enslavement in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Anonymous Advertisements to Sell Enslaved Persons

The advertisements on this page offer enslaved persons for sale, but direct potential purchasers to contact the seller through a third party, typically the newspaper printer. This preserved the anonymity of the enslaver.

Ad Text: "A person who has a young negro wench to dispose of will find a purchaser by inquiring at the printers."
Source: Farmers Register (Greensburg), 28 December 1799, quoted in Edward M. Burns, "Slavery in Western Pennsylvania," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Volume 8, Number 4, October 1925, pp. 204-214.
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