Port of Entry: Boys and Girls for Sale
Black Heritage Trail of NH 222 Court Street, PortsmouthTour Guides: Rekha Mahadevan, Laramie Wilson, or Dariya Steele Local newspapers carried merchants’ ads for ships returning to the port of Portsmouth laden with cargo from trade ports on the West Coast of Africa, the West Indies, and the middle Atlantic coastal cities of Colonial America. Visit local wharves and auction sites related to the Atlantic Slave Trade, where a captive could be exchanged for “cash or good lumber” to serve in the master’s house or work on the docks…
