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November 29,1770.

To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on the 15th of December,

Seventy five choice SLAVES, several blacksmiths, carpenters, and house servants. The negries consist chiefly of young fellows, wenches, boys, and girls.

Bond and security to be given to the administrators of John Robinson, Esq; Joseph Jones and John Skinker. Credit until April twelve month.

Charles Carter
November 13, 1766.

On the last Thursday in January next will be exposed for sale, at Fredericksburg,

FIFTY CHOICE SLAVES, among which are some valuable house servants, and a small collection of Mulatto boys. Credit will be allowed for half the purchase money until the first day of June following, and for the other half until the 25th of October. Bond and security for the payments to be given to the administrators of John Robinson, Esquire. Five per cent. Discount will be allowed for ready money; and bonds not discharged at the day they become due are to carry interest from the date.
November 13, 1766.

On the last Thursday in January next will be exposed for sale, at Fredericksburg,

FIFTY CHOICE SLAVES, among which are some valuable house servants, and a small collection of Mulatto boys. Credit will be allowed for half the purchase money until the first day of June following, and for the other half until the 25th of October. Bond and security for the payments to be given to the administrators of John Robinson, Esquire. Five per cent. Discount will be allowed for ready money; and bonds not discharged at the day they become due are to carry interest from the date.
May 16. 1766.

To Be SOLD at Fredericksburg June Fair,

About twenty very valuable SLAVES, consisting of house servants, watermen, some trademan and laboureres, and among them three children, for cash, or good bills of exchange. Credit will be given, upon good security, until April 10th next, and five per cent will be discounted for immediate payment. I will warrant an undoubted title, as some doubt may be raised by designing people to disappoint the sale the greatest part of them having been formerly mortgaged by Capt. Thomas Dansie of William Lightfoot, Esq. Deceased. John
February 27, 1752.

To be S O L D, Fredericksburg, on the 7th of April next, being Spotsylvania Court Day, a Parcel of choice Negroes.

Roger Dixon
Table of Contents

Lesson Plan:
Economic Influences on the Virginia Colony

Passages:
Tobacco and Slavery in the Virginia Colony

Activity:
Tobacco and the Virginia Colony

Activity:
Colonial Virginia Economic System Vocabulary Terms

Notes & Primary Source Material:
Colonial Virginia Economics

Activity:
Colonial Virginia Economic Questions Review

Activity:
Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - Cause & Effect

Activity:
Colonial Virginia Economic Vocabulary Review

Activity:
Valuable Tobacco/Valuable Tobacco Questions

Activity:
Tobacco and Slavery

Activity:
Slave Labor in the Virginia Colony

Activity:
The Many Jobs of A Slave

Activity:
A Fredericksburg Plantation

Activity:
Plantation Vs. Small Town

Primary Source Material:
Invoice from Crosbies & Trafford

Primary Source Material:
Slaves Belonging to the Estate of Fielding Lewis

Activity:
The Main Idea (Microsoft Word Document)

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