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Charleston Mercury, April 6, 1855: Newspaper featuring advertisement for D.J. & G.J. Levy's Southern Clothing Emporium and Marx Cohen's sale of enslaved people
This newspaper clipping from the Charleston Mercury, published April 6, 1855, in Charleston, South Carolina, features a prominent advertisement for D.J. & G.J. Levy's Southern Clothing Emporium and a notice of Marx Cohen's sale of thirty enslaved people, along with his plantation and brickyard. The Levy advertisement includes a lithographic illustration of their store at 288 King Street.
Associated People/Businesses
- LEVY, D.J.
- LEVY, G.J.
- COHEN, MARX (1808.1881)
- HART, SAMUEL SR.(1805.1896)
Geography
Subjects
- Slavery in the United States
- Slave Trade
- Jewish American Businesses
- Advertising
- Charleston, South Carolina
Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Volume C, Page 12