Sales of Slaves and Sale of Land by McIntosh Who Killed Declaration-Signer Gwinnett in a Duel Colonial South Carolina Newspaper

[SLAVERY.] The South-Carolina and American General Gazette, October 29-November 5, 1773, Charleston, South Carolina. 2 pp. (287-288) of original 4 pp., 11" x 17.25". Expected folds; some holes on folds; staining; loss to upper left corner affecting masthead and first lines on recto and first two dozen lines on verso.

Excerpts
"TO BE SOLD, / A HEALTHY, strong, young NEGRO WOMAN, who is a good plain Cook, remarkable handy as a Market Woman, with many other Recommendations. Enquire of ROBERT WELLS." (p1/c1)

"To be sold by Private Contract. / A TRACT OF LAND in Georgia, containing Fifteen hundred Acres, being the Moiety of a Tract of Three thousand Acres, granted in the Year 1763, being a Carolina Grant, to William Harvey, Esq; situate in the south side of the River Altamaha, within a few Miles of Darien contains a large Body of very valuable River Tide Swamp, some Back Swamp, and some very well timbered Pine Land. Also,
"A TRACT containing Five hundred Acres, situated between the Rivers Medway and Newport, on a southern Branch of Medway-river, granted in the Year 1756 to Edmund Tatnall, Esq: deceased, contains a considerable Body of very good Back Swamp, some Oak, Hickory and Pine Land, and would make an excellent Rice Plantation. Apply in Charlestown to Alexander Ross, Esq; and in Savannah to LACHLAN MACINTOSH." (p1/c1)
Lachlan McIntosh (1725-1806) was a Scottish-American military and political leader in colonial Georgia. In a 1777 duel, he fatally wounded Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for Georgia.

"To be sold for no Fault, the Owner having no Employ for them, / FOUR BOAT NEGROES, one of them named Hector, a fine Fellow, who has been fourteen Years Master of a Schooner, and always behaved himself as well as any Negro possibly could do; a Character of him can be given by Mr. John Champneys. Enquire of / CHRISTOPHER FITZSIMONS." (p1/c3)
"Boat Negroes" were enslaved African Americans who worked primarily on boats in fishing or commerce. They had extensive knowledge of local waterways; often interacted with local Native Americans, and often enjoyed more personal autonomy than those enslaved on plantations.

"To be sold by Publick Vendue, at Mrs. Culliett's in Jacksonburgh, on Thursday November 28th, 1773. / EIGHT NEGROES, being the remaining Part of the Estate of Thomas Singelton, deceased. The Conditions of the Sale are Credit to the first Day of March next, paying Interest and giving approved Security, to JANE SINGELTON, Executrix. / BENJAMIN SINGELTON, Executor." (p1/c3)

Additional Content
This issue also features extensive European news, including reports of Russian naval successes in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 (p2/c1); the expulsion of Jews from Prussian dominions (p2/c1); the departure of several families from London to settle in West Florida on lands granted to Lord Dartmouth (p2/c2); along with a variety of notices and advertisements.

The South-Carolina and American General Gazette (1758-1782) was a weekly newspaper established in colonial Charleston, South Carolina. Founded by Robert Wells and G. Bruce as The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette, it changed names to The South-Carolina and American General Gazette in 1764. It was the only Charleston newspaper to support the Stamp Act, but it was also the only newspaper in the state to publish the entire text of the Declaration of Independence. When the Revolutionary War seemed inevitable, Loyalist Wells left for England. His son John Wells continued publishing the newspaper in support of independence until July 1780, when it switched to a Loyalist view. His brother William C. Wells began assisting in January 1781 and brought the royal printing business. When Charleston was under British occupation, the Wells brothers published it as The Royal Gazette from March 1781 into 1782; they left when the British evacuated the city in December 1782.

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