Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #537 from Domestic Traffic Advertisements (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)

Ad Date 18350124
Ad Type Sale
Age Specified Woman
County Dorchester
Gender Specified Female
Press Date 18350124
Sale County Dorchester County
Sale Locale Hicksburg
Sale State Maryland
First Name Silvia
Last Name –
Details Ad Title: Negroes for Sale Image No: Click here to view advertisement Notes: Silvia to be sold to serve a term of years and her two children for life. They will not be sold out of the county or to a foreign purchaser. Elizabeth H. Vane is the administrator of Mary S. J. B. Vane, dec'd. Sale Date: 18350212 Sale Disposition: public_dealer Source: Cambridge Chronicle Source Page: 3 Subscriber County: DO Subscriber Firstname: Elizabeth H. Subscriber Lastname: Vane Subscriber State: Maryland

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