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Thomson Mason, Slave Trader and Brother of George Mason IV, Posted This Advertisement in the July 29, 1762 Maryland Gazette
The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis.
Thomson Mason, Slave Trader and Brother of George Mason IV, Posted This Advertisement in the July 1, 1762 Maryland Gazette
The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis,
Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases,11th Ed., 1790
This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.
William Carlin Account Book, 1770-1775
This excerpt from the account book of William Carlin, a tailor in Alexandria, Virginia, shows a record of George Mason IV buying clothes for his family and enslaved personal servant named James, who was the "livery" of Gunston Hall. This originally…
Botanologia: The English Herbal, 1710
This book was among the science texts bequeathed to George Mason by his uncle John Mercer
Medicina Practica, 1692
This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.
Enslaved House Servants and White Children, South Carolina, 1863
This image depicts an enslaved woman and child with their white owners in South Carolina in 1863.
Slave Quarters, Louisiana, circa early 1860s
This illustration depicts enslaved individuals socializing in a cabin settlement on their Louisiana plantation during the early 1860s.