Jordan E. Taylor

Jordan E. Taylor is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Smith College. He is a historian of the American media, politics, and the Age of Revolutions. His article "Enquire of the Printer: Newspaper Advertising and the Moral Economy of the North American Slave Trade, 1704–1807” appears in the Summer 2020 issue of Early American Studies.

America’s First Newspapers Were Financed by the Slave Trade

‘LAD TO BE SOLD’

Before the slave trade was fully professionalized, newspaper editors—including Benjamin Franklin—stepped in to help connect buyers and sellers.

Jordan E. Taylor | Published Jul 25, 2020