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Murray - MS-BLA1

Title: Murray - MS-BLA1
Identifier: MS-BLA1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Messenger
Date: June 21, 1806
Trade: Blacksmith
gender: Male
Enslaver: Isaac Gailliard
Home: Gailliard's Plantation
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Isaac Gailliard
Transcription: MURRAY, 28 or 29 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, dark complec-tion, a few white fpots on his chin, ftout and well built, a blackfmith by trade. Any Perfon delivering the above Ne-groes to the Subfcriber, at his Plantation, or lodging them in any Jail, where he may get them, fhall receive the above reward, with all reafonable charges. ISAAC GAILLIARD. June 21, 1806.