A Parcel of likely Negroes, imported from _Africa_, Cheap
for Cash or Credit with Interest; enquire of _John Avery_ at
his House, next Door to the white Horse, or at a Store
adjoining to said _Avery's_ Distill House, at the South End,
near the South Market:--Also if any Persons have any Negroe
Men, strong and hearty, tho' not of the best moral
character, which are proper Subjects for Transportation, may
have an Exchange for small Negroes.
_Boston Gazette_, 1763
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JUST Imported,
From _AFRICA_.
A Number of prime young _SLAVES_, from the Windward Coast,
and to be Sold on board Capt. _Gwin_ lying at New-Boston.
_Boston Gazette_, July 13, 1761.
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To be sold, a parcel of likely hearty Negroes, both Male and
Female from Ten Years of Age to Twenty, imported the last
Week from _AFRICA_. Enquire of Capt. _Wickham_ on board the
Sloop _Diamond_, now laying at the Wharff adjoining to JOHN
AVERY'S Distill-House near the South Market, or of said
_Avery_ at his House next the White Horse.
We have not been able to find that any of the inhabitants of Salem
engaged in the slave-trade; but we notice that at a town-meeting held in
the month of May, 1773, the following vote was passed: "That the
Representatives of the Town be instructed to use their utmost Endeavours
to prevent the future Importation of Negroes into this Province; their
Slavery being repugnant to the natural Rights of Mankind and highly
prejudicial to the Province." It is of course possible that some Salem
people may have been interested in vessels hailing from other places and
engaged in this nefarious traffic, as it is now considered.
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Arrival of Irish servants at Boston in 1769.
_Arrived from IRELAND,_
THE Ship King of Prussia, ARTHUR DARLEY, master, has on
board 30 Servants, some Tradesmen, viz. Taylors,
Shoe-makers, Smiths, Weavers, &c. the remainder Country lads
that understand Farming business.----His stay here will be
short, as he is bound to another Port.
_Boston Chronicle_, September 25.
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The celebrated revival preacher Rev. George Whitefield was in Boston in
1764. We take the following item from the "Boston Post-Boy" of February
24:--
At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the
Town of Boston on Friday last, it was voted unanimously,
That the Thanks of the Town be given the Rev. Mr. GEORGE
WHITEFIELD, for his charitable Care and Pains in collecting
a considerable Sum of Money in Great-Britain, for the
distressed Sufferers by the great Fire in Boston, 1760; and
a respectable Committee was appointed to wait on Mr.
WHITEFIELD to inform him of the Vote, and present him with a
Copy thereof, which Committee waited upon him accordingly,
and received the following Answer,
_Gentlemen,_
_This Vote of Thanks for so small an Instance of my
good-will to_ Boston, _as it was entirely unexpected, quite
surprizes me----Often have I been much concerned that I
could do no more upon such a distressing Occasion.----That
the Redeemer may ever preserve the Town from such like
melancholy Events, and sanctify their present afflictive
Circumstances to the spiritual Welfare of all its
Inhabitants, is the hearty Prayer of,_
Gentlemen,
Your ready Servant in our common LORD.
_GEORGE WHITEFIELD._
The Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD preached on Tuesday and Saturday
last, at the Old South Meeting-House, to large and crouded
Auditories.
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Marriage of Copley, the celebrated painter, from the "Chronicle," Nov.
20, 1769.
Last Thursday Mr. _John Singleton Copley_ was married to
Miss _Sukey Clarke_ Daughter of _Richard Clarke_, Esq; and
Mr. _Joshua Henshaw_, jun. to Miss _Katherine Hill_,
Daughter of Col. _John Hill_.
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