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September 23, 1857
The Star Of The North
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
1856 historical account from New Haven of a 1764 advertisement selling Irish men and women as servants/slaves in Connecticut, plus earlier 17th-century trade of Indians from Connecticut and Rhode Island to West Indies slavery.
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White Slavery in Connecticut.—In Messrs. Barber and Punderson's History of New Haven, published in 1856, among other curious advertisements copied from the "Connecticut Gazette," printed in this city, is the following:
Just Imported from Dublin, in the brig Darby, a parcel of Irish servants, both men and women, to be sold cheap, by Israel Boardman, at Stamford.
"New Haven, January 1764."
So it seems, that less than 100 years ago, men and women were brought from Ireland, and sold as slaves, in the State of Connecticut! And not 100 years before that time, Indians were sent from Connecticut, Rhode Island, &c., to the West Indies, and sold into slavery. Curious historical facts, these—New Haven Register.
Just Imported from Dublin, in the brig Darby, a parcel of Irish servants, both men and women, to be sold cheap, by Israel Boardman, at Stamford.
"New Haven, January 1764."
So it seems, that less than 100 years ago, men and women were brought from Ireland, and sold as slaves, in the State of Connecticut! And not 100 years before that time, Indians were sent from Connecticut, Rhode Island, &c., to the West Indies, and sold into slavery. Curious historical facts, these—New Haven Register.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
White Slavery
Connecticut
Irish Servants
Historical Advertisement
Indian Trade
What entities or persons were involved?
Israel Boardman
Where did it happen?
Connecticut
Story Details
Key Persons
Israel Boardman
Location
Connecticut
Event Date
January 1764
Story Details
Advertisement from 1764 for selling Irish servants imported from Dublin by Israel Boardman in Stamford, Connecticut; contextualized with earlier enslavement of Indians from Connecticut and Rhode Island to the West Indies.