Rare 1815 Charleston SOUTH CAROLINA newspaper w BATTLE OF WATERLOO + 6 SLAVE ADS For Sale

Rare 1815 Charleston SOUTH CAROLINA newspaper w BATTLE OF WATERLOO + 6 SLAVE ADS

Rare original 1815 Charleston SOUTH CAROLINA newspaper with news coverage of the BATTLE OF WATERLOO + 6 SLAVE ADS- inv # 9m-504

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,theCharleston Courier(SC) datedAugust 17, 1815.This rare original Charleston, SC newspaper contains inside page headlines and long detailed "breaking news" of the BATTLE OF WATERLOO, the seminal battle of the Napoleonic Wars that marked the end of NAPOLEON BONAPARTEas a menace to the peace of Europe.

This issue also contains 6 SLAVE ADS, including 2 "SLAVES FOR SALE" ads and 4 RUNAWAY SLAVE REWARD ADS

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, June 18, 1815, in present-day Belgium, ending Napoleon Bonaparte's rule and the Napoleonic Wars.

Key Facts

• Date: June 18, 1815.
  
• Location: Near Waterloo and Mont-Saint-Jean, Belgium.
  
• Commanders: Napoleon Bonaparte for France; Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, for the Anglo-Allied forces; and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher for the Prussian army.
  
• Strength: About 72,000 French troops faced 68,000 allied troops, later reinforced by 48,000 Prussian troops.
  
• Outcome: Decisive defeat of the French army.

The Conflict

• Napoleon escaped exile on Elba and returned to power in early 1815.
  
• He marched into Belgium to defeat the allied armies separately.
  
• Wellington's forces held a defensive line at Waterloo against fierce French assaults.
  
• The arrival of Blücher's Prussian army on the French right flank turned the tide.
  
• The failure of the French Imperial Guard sealed the defeat.

Aftermath

• Nearly 50,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing.
  
• Napoleon was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
  
• The Bourbon monarchy was restored in France.

The Charleston Courier from 1815 regularly featured classified advertisements for the sale, hire, and recovery of enslaved human beings, serving as a primary historical record of the domestic slave economy in antebellum South Carolina.

Content of the Advertisements

• Sales and sales: Notices detailed the sale of human beings—often listed alongside livestock, real estate, and dry goods—describing individuals by age, perceived skill (such as carpentry or house service), or family groupings.
  
• Runaway Notices: Enslavers published fugitive slave ads offering financial rewards for the capture and return of freedom seekers, frequently featuring small woodcut illustrations of a person running with a bundle.
  
• Hiring Out: Notices included local slaveholders leasing the labor of enslaved artisans or laborers for fixed terms, regulated through Charleston's compulsory municipal slave badge system.

Historical Context

• Economic Function: Newspapers like the Charleston Courier acted as central market clearinghouses for the Southern slave economy, normalizing human bondage as an everyday commercial fixture printed adjacent to shipping news and general merchandise.
  
• Evidence of Resistance: While intended as instruments of surveillance and property enforcement by white owners, runaway advertisements unintentionally preserved physical descriptions, clothing details, origins, and personal agency of those attempting to escape.

Good condition and containing contemporary "editors marks" in brown iron gall ink. This listing includes thecomplete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers paypriority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect the purchased itemfrom damage in the mail. Uponrequest by the buyer, we can ship by USPS Media Mail to reduce postage cost; however, please be aware that USPS Media Mailcanbe very slow in its time of transit to the buyer.International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

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