Charles Hill - MS-BLA30
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Title
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Charles Hill - MS-BLA30
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Identifier
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MS-BLA30
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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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"Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849", Woodville Republican
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Date
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May 8, 1848
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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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George Davis
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from George Davis
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Notes
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Committed to Wilkinson County jail; In "Cotten to Dunbar" Chapter in Ancestry.com collection, page 52.
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Transcription
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The slave CHARLES HILL was committed to the Wilkinson County jail on May 3rd; mulatto; 5 feet 6 inches tall; age 38; stour made; wearing a Lowell shirt and pants, "stripped" cotton frock coat, old straw hat. CHARLES professed to be a blacksmith; said he could read and write. Davis was from New Orleans.
