Broadside advertising "Valuable Slaves at Auction" in New Orleans
date: label: Date
content: February 3, 1859
name: label: Issued by
content: C. E. Girardey, French, born 1812
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A broadside for the auction of twenty enslaved men, women, and children at the City Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Large text printed in black ink at the top reads [VALUABLE / SLAVES / AT AUCTION, / AT THE CITY HOTEL COMMON ST. / BY C.E. GIRARDEY & CO., Office No. 6 Banks' Arcade]. Below this, it gives the date of the sale as [THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 1859] and lists the names, ages and skills of the enslaved individuals for sale:
label: Description
content: [1. ISAM, black, aged about 40 years, a superior engineer and blacksmith has worked over 20 years with the late Wm. Chapman; is well known for character and qualification throughout the Parish of St. James.
label: Description
content: 2. JOHN, griffe, aged 24 years, a No. 1 carpenter and ship caulker.
label: Description
content: 3. TOM, black, aged 24 years, a No. 1 blacksmith and machinist.
label: Description
content: 4. ALEXANDER, mulatto, aged 28 years, a No. 1 stone cutter.
label: Description
content: 5. STEPHEN, black, aged 24 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 6. EDWARD, black, aged 14 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 7. JACK, black, aged 21 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 8. GEORGE, mulatto, aged 30 years, house and confidential servant.
label: Description
content: 9. JAROTT, black aged 25 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 10. MADORA, black, aged 18 years, extra likely.
label: Description
content: 11. MATILDA, black, aged 17 years, good cook, washer and ironer.
label: Description
content: 12. PAULINE, black, aged 13 years, speaks French and English, good house girl and child’s nurse.
label: Description
content: 13. BETSY, black, aged 12 years, house girl.
label: Description
content: 14. PHOEBY, black, aged 20 years, extra likely.
label: Description
content: 15. MARY, black, aged 25 years, superior washer and ironer.
label: Description
content: 16. CLARISSY, black, aged 40 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 17. MARY, black, aged 80 years, cook, washer and ironer.
label: Description
content: 18. MARY JANE, black, aged 30 years, field hand.
label: Description
content: 19. PHILUS, black, aged 30 years, good cook, washer and ironer, and her child aged 2 years.]
label: Description
content: Beneath the listing, the text notes the sale will include [Several other Plantation Hands] and that the terms are cash. Along the very bottom is [The slaves may be seen at the office of the Auctioneers] in between two small icons of pointing hands. The sheet has been adhered to a stiff piece of paper as a backing. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.
place: label: Place used
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Fancy Girl trade
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.16
objectType: label: Type
content: broadsides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (41 × 19.4 cm)