Slave advertised for sale
Dublin Core
Title
Slave advertised for sale
Subject
California
public auction
slavery
abolition
public auction
slavery
abolition
Description
This is a newspaper advertisement for the auction of a 'Negro' slave for $300 by his master B.G. Lathrop. The significance of the source lies in the fact that it is the first sale of a slave in California despite its declaration as a free state in 1850.
Also, selling slaves or hiring and renting labourers was a method for people residing in California during the Gold Rush, to secure their personal economic development. Labourers (African-American, East Asian and Indigenous peoples), played a fundamental role in the building of (California) state infrastructure - on the railroads, at coasts or wharfs (ship building) and in the gold mines
Also, selling slaves or hiring and renting labourers was a method for people residing in California during the Gold Rush, to secure their personal economic development. Labourers (African-American, East Asian and Indigenous peoples), played a fundamental role in the building of (California) state infrastructure - on the railroads, at coasts or wharfs (ship building) and in the gold mines
Creator
B. G. Lathrop, San Francisco Herald, San Francisco, California
Publisher
Sacramento State University Library Collection
http://digital.lib.csus.edu/cdm/ref/collection/curr/id/265
http://digital.lib.csus.edu/cdm/ref/collection/curr/id/265
Date
18 June 1852
Contributor
Leah Guy
Rights
Sacramento State University Library
http://digital.lib.csus.edu/
http://digital.lib.csus.edu/
Language
English
Type
Textual - newspaper
Identifier
19th century Cailfornia
Files
Collection
Citation
B. G. Lathrop, San Francisco Herald, San Francisco, California, “Slave advertised for sale,” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 9, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/175.