08/31/1850: Negro Woman For Sale.

Entry/Object ID

NP.0037.310

Context

For Sale. - - A Negro woman, about 20 years old. She is a good cook, and a first rate washerwoman, and well qualified for the duties of a house servant. For further particulars inquire at this Office. 35-tf. (Researcher's note: The Weston Reporter was published between 1849 to 1856. On the day of the advertisement, August 31, 1850, William A. Witcher was the editor and co-publisher along with Samuel J. Finch. The Weston Reporter's offices were in Weston, Missouri. Paxton's Annals p. 237, says paper was sold in May 1857 to A. W. King.)

Collection

Newspaper Articles

Category

The Weston Reporter (Weston, MO, 1850-1850): 08/31/1850, p. 3

Other Names

Name Type

Enslaved

Other Name

Unidentified Woman

Name Type

Free Blacks

Other Name

Not indicated

Name Type

Enslaver

Other Name

Not named

Location

* Untyped Location

Weston, Missouri

Web Links and URLs

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Copyright

Copyright Details

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Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols 09/03/26

Create Date

September 9, 2026

Update Date

September 9, 2026

Name/Title

08/31/1850: Negro Woman For Sale.