"Eleven Negroes" for sale

Title

Subject

Enslaved people

Description

This is a newspaper advertisement for the sale of 11 people. Daniel, Frank, Malinda, and Amanda,who belonged to the estate of Thomas Pointer, deceased; Miner, Byrd, Harry, and Jane, belonging to Phillip Pointer and to the estate of Thomas and Samuel Pointer, deceased; and Abram, Glenn, and Moses, belonging to the estate of Samuel Pointer, deceased.

Creator

Pointer, Philip (administrator of Thomas and Samuel Pointer)
Jones, Richard (administrator of Thomas Pointer)

Source

North Alabamian

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

1838-02-09

Contributor

Brian Murphy

Rights

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Format

PNG

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

pointer.png

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

Collection

Enslaved People

Citation

Pointer, Philip (administrator of Thomas and Samuel Pointer) Jones, Richard (administrator of Thomas Pointer) , “"Eleven Negroes" for sale,” Shoals Black History, accessed April 27, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/982.