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Title
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Dick aka Richard Worsley- MD-CAR12
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Identifier
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MD-CAR12
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenter
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Source
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Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
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Date
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November 10, 1778
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Trade
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Carpenter
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Dennis Dulany
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Dennis Dulany 2. Crossed the bay into Harford County, Maryland 3. Employed as a free man in Mr. Giles's neighborhood
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Notes
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Compiled from Lathan Windley
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Transcription
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SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Kent County, Nov. 4, 1778.
RAN away, from the subscriber, living in the forest of Kenty [sic] County, Maryland, on the 5th day of July last, two slaves, viz. DICK*, a dark Mulatto, who calls himself Richard Worsley, upwards of 50 years of age, near 6 feet high, by trade a rough Carpenter, is very handy in making all kinds of farming utensils, and well skilled in cutting and securing grass. Negro BETTY*, his wife, turned of 40 years of age, and very lusty; she is extremely vicious, yet assumes the mark of uncommon piety, which enables her to impose on the credulous, so as to gain shelter. They crossed the bay together, from Howell’s Point to Harford County, in a large canoe, which not long after was recovered by the owner, at Baltimore-Town. Their dress cannot be described further, than that Dick had with him an old double-breasted claret coloured coat. They were at Mr. Dulany’s plantation, where Mr. George Fitzhugh lives, some time in the summer, (the exact time forgot) but were not then known to be run away. They passed for free Negroes, and were employed as such in Mr. Giles’s neighbourhood. They went from thence about five weeks ago, and said they were going to settle in Kent County. Mr. Giles has a Negro at his iron-works, named Jack, that is Dick’s half brother. Whoever will deliver the said Negroes to Mr. George Fitzhugh, in the Fork of Gunpowder, Baltimore County, shall receive the above reward; or one half for either of them, with reasonable charges.
DENNIS DULANY.
