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Title
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Jack - NY-SAW9
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Identifier
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NY-SAW9
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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New-York Packet
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Date
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January 11, 1791
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Trade
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Sawyer
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Robert Crommelin
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Home
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Flushing, Queens
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Home Location
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Queens, New York
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Edward Bardin
2. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Corre
3. Self-emancipated from Robert Crommelin
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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p. 2, col. 1
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Transcription
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[3 pounds reward offered by Robert Crommelin, of Flushing, for "a mulatto boy named Jack" has run away; "wears his hair bushy, sometimes cued and curled"] He passes for a free fellow, was seen on board a vessel at work and about town sawing wood; he has served with Mr. Edward Bardin and last with Mr. Corre at the Hotel.