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Slave Merchant James H. Burch (Birch) Advertisement
Washington, D.C., July 18, 1836
Cash for 400 Negroes,.
Including both sexes from 12 to 25 years of age. Persons having servants to dispose of, will find it to their interest to give me a call, as I will give higher prices in cash than any other purchaser who is now in the market. I can at all times be found at the Mechanic's Hall, now kept by B. O. Sheckle, and formerly kept by Isaac Beers, on 7th street, a few doors below Lloyd's Tavern, opposite the Centre Mraket. All communications promptly attended to.
James H. Burch,
Washington City.
July 18.
Source: The Globe (Washington, D.C.), Friday, 26 August 1836. This same advertisement can also be found in The Globe, 26 September 1836.
Editor's Note: Burch's partner in New Orleans was Theophilus Freeman. His name is also spelled James H. Birch and he later partnered with Charles M. Price to buy the Franklin and Armfield building as a slave trading headquarters in Alexandria.
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