"Wanted to Hire."

"Wanted to Hire."

Advertisement seeking two hundred "negro mechanics and laborers" to work at the foundry in Selma, Alabama; board, clothing, and medical service will be provided. The ad also asks for fifteen men to work on a steamboat on the Alabama River, and it offers an incentive to slave holders to con...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Alabama documents
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collection Alabama Textual Materials Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Alabama documents
spellingShingle Alabama documents
"Wanted to Hire."
fulltopic Alabama documents
African Americans--Alabama; Business and finance--Alabama; Industrialization--Alabama; Iron industry and trade--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
description Advertisement seeking two hundred "negro mechanics and laborers" to work at the foundry in Selma, Alabama; board, clothing, and medical service will be provided. The ad also asks for fifteen men to work on a steamboat on the Alabama River, and it offers an incentive to slave holders to contribute their slaves: "Those hiring negroes here will have the remainder of their hands exempt from impressment, provided the number employed amounts to their assessed quota."
spelling Q0000017469Q17469"Wanted to Hire."Advertisement seeking two hundred "negro mechanics and laborers" to work at the foundry in Selma, Alabama; board, clothing, and medical service will be provided. The ad also asks for fifteen men to work on a steamboat on the Alabama River, and it offers an incentive to slave holders to contribute their slaves: "Those hiring negroes here will have the remainder of their hands exempt from impressment, provided the number employed amounts to their assessed quota."1864 December 41864-12-041860-1869African Americans--Alabama; Business and finance--Alabama; Industrialization--Alabama; Iron industry and trade--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspectsTextNewspapersSunday MississippianLN.0503v136Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.240 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2828
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