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Dauphin County, PennsylvaniaHistorical Slavery AdvertisementsDauphin County Advertisement For a 12-Year-Old BoyDauphin Guardian, 20 May, 1806; page 3. Text of the AdvertisementFOR SALE, A Stout, healthy, serviceable NEGRO BOY, About 12 years of age; who has to serve until 28; very active and smart about a house, but more particularly used on a farm. For further particulars, enquire of the Editor. May 19, 1806. NotesThis is a very typical slave advertisement. The characteristic "stout" description implies health while "active and smart" implies industriousness. The advertiser notes that the child is useful either around a household or on a farm. Note that the slaveholder remains anonymous by having the printer act as an agent. This child was born about 1794, and if held to the full sixteen years remaining in his indenture, will remain a slave until 1822, when he reaches 28 years of age.
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