The first successful newspaper in the colonies, The Boston News-Letter was published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1704. Barely a month after the weekly began, an advertisement appeared in the newsletter on June 5th in which local merchant John Colman was selling “Two Negro Men” along with a “Negro Woman and Child.” This marked the beginning of a 77-year period in which advertisements for slaves appeared in local Boston newspapers.
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The first successful newspaper in the colonies, The Boston News-Letter was published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1704. Barely a month after the weekly began, an advertisement appeared in the newsletter on June 5th in which local merchant John Colman was selling “Two Negro Men” along with a “Negro Woman and Child.” This marked the beginning of a 77-year period in which advertisements for slaves appeared in local Boston newspapers.