O.A. Rolfe: "Negroes for Sale."

Title

Subject

Enslaved people

Description

This is a newspaper advertisement for the sale of "six likely and valuable negroes" issued by O.A. Rolfe, who lived just north of LaGrange. Among those for sale were two blacksmiths and three young women--two of whom were good "cotton pickers" and one a "very good house servant, (perhaps inferior to none)." Also for sale: a child. Rolfe further advertised that he would hire "seven very valuable negroes" in addition to the people he wished to sell.

Creator

Rolfe, O.A.

Source

North Alabamian

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

1836-12-09

Contributor

Brian Murphy

Rights

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Format

PNG

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

rolfe.png

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

Collection

Enslaved People

Citation

Rolfe, O.A., “O.A. Rolfe: "Negroes for Sale.",” Shoals Black History, accessed March 20, 2025, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/945.