[TexKat]

Advertisement for Runaway Rivington's New York Gazeteer September 15, 1774 The Library Company of Philadelphia

Advertisement Offering a Slave for Sale New York Weekly-Journal April 15, 1734 New-York Historical Society Advertisements for the sale of slaves offer historians a wealth of information about the physical appearance and skills of individuals. They also shed light on the survival of Africanisms in dress and body adornment and proficiencies in occupations and language(s). The woman who is described in this advertisement could only speak English. Thus she could not communicate easily with those New Yorkers, both white and black, whose primary language was Dutch.

[Paige]

Different time, different era of history .... unfortunately, they were considered property. Slavery existed long before the South held slaves and continues in many parts of the world to this day.