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Image: NSARM Halifax Gazette 30 May 1752 p. 2

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Description: Sale of a woman (age 35), two boys (ages 12 and 13), two male teenagers (ages 18), and a man (age 30). This advertisement shows that Halifax took part in the Atlantic coastal slave trade. The slaves for sale had just been imported from the West Indies by merchant Joshua Mauger.
Title: NSARM Halifax Gazette 30 May 1752 p. 2
Credit: Nova Scotia Archives Halifax Gazette 30 May 1752 p. 2 (microfilm copy only available at Nova Scotia Archives, microfilm no. 8152) [1]
Author: Halifax Gazette, 30 May 1752
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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