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Title
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William - MS-BLA54
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Identifier
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MS-BLA54
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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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Vicksburg Daily Whig
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Date
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May 17, 1860
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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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B. D. Whitney
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Home
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Rodewald Plantation
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from B. D. Whitney
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Transcription
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Absconded, FROM Rodewald Plantation, on Sunflower river, four weeks since, the boy WILLIAM, a bright mulatto, 20 years of age, a blacksmith by trade, and weighing about 130 pounds. He will try to pass for a white boy, and has probably gone down the Missis-sippi. A reward of $50 will be paid for his recovery by B. D. WHITNEY. Vicksburg, May 17, 1860—d&w4w
