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Title
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Mingo- MA-BLA1
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Identifier
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MA-BLA1
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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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Boston Gazette
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Date
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June 12 - June 19, 1721
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Captain Richard Brown
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Richard Brown
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Notes
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Compiled from Antonio Bly
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Transcription
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Ran-away from his master Capt. Richard Brown of Newtown, a middle sized Negro Man named Mingo, about 25 Years of Age, having on a Homespun Quakers Coat, with a pair of Square to'd Shoes, with Leather strings, a Blacksmith by Trade. Whoever secures the said Negro and brings him to Mr. Philip Musgrave Post-Master of Boston shall have Twenty Shillings Reward and reasonable Charges.
