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Title
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William - MS-CAB1
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Identifier
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MS-CAB1
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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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The Mississippi Free Trader
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Date
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June 20, 1817
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Trade
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Cabinetmaker
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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W. C. C. Claiborne, Baptiste Borgeron
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Home
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Claiborne's Plantation
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from W. C. C. Claiborne
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Notes
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Handwritten "X" over this entire ad
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Transcription
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RANAWAY on Monday the fifth day of May laft, a Mulatto Man Servant. named WILLIAM, The property of Mr. W. C. C. Claiborne of the Parifh of Iberville. WILLIAM is a bright mu-latto, with fhort, ftraight and black hair, having fomewhat the appearance of a defcendent of a white man, and the mother Indian; he is an active, intelligent, artful fellow, about five feet feven or eight inches high, and probably thirty-fix years of age ; was born in Charlefton, S. C. fspeaks but little French : has always been accuftomed to waiting in the houfe, but can do tolerable good work as a carpenter or cabinet make. He is fup-pofed to be lurking about New Orleans, where he is well known, or to have paffed himfelf for a free-man and afcended the river as a waiter or fleerage paffenger, in fome fteam boat or barge bound to Cincinnati or Louifville. A generous reward (with all reafonable charges) will be paid to any perfon who will deliver the above mulatto to Mr. Johny Clay in New Orleans. or to the fubfcriber on Mr. Claiborne's plantation, four leagues above Dona[?]foville, on the right bank of the Miffiffippi. Baptifte Borgeron.
