Virginia Herald Vol. XVIII No. 1386
- Published by
- The Virginia Herald, American, 1787 - 1876
- Date
- November 30, 1804
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W (page): 17 x 10 1/2 in. (43.2 x 26.7 cm)
- Description
- 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.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place depicted
- Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- France, Europe
- Place printed
- Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Advertising
- Colonialism
- Domestic slave trade
- French colonialism
- Fugitive enslaved
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2011.51.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.