<I>Virginia Herald Vol. XVIII No. 1386</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 30, 1804
name: label: Published by
content: The Virginia Herald, American, 1787 - 1876
notes: label: Description
content: Two newspaper pages including a front page. The newspaper is discolored, some damage at edges and other losses. Content includes news from Virginia, the United States, and the world, including reports of the French in Louisiana and notice of a French ban on printed news of any sort allowed into colony of Guadaloupe. Advertisements includes notices for sales of enslaved persons, skilled enslaved persons being hired out by their owners, and rewards for the capture and return of fugitive enslaved persons.
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content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: France, Europe
label: Place printed
content: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
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content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
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content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slave hire system
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1783-1815
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.51.1
objectType: label: Type
content: newspapers
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 newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (page): 17 x 10 1/2 in. (43.2 x 26.7 cm)