Philip Gordon - MS-CAR35
Item
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Title
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Philip Gordon - MS-CAR35
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Identifier
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MS-CAR35
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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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July 31, 1845
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Trade
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Carpenter
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Adam Smith, jailed by Miles C. Folkes and E. B. Scarbrough
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Adam Smith
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Transcription
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COMMITTED to the jail of Warren county, b Miles C. Folkes, Ma[?]or, of the city of Vicks-burg, a negro man, who says his name is pHILIP GORDON, and that he belongs to Adam Smith, of Port Gibson, Miss. Said boy is of a dark complex-ion, six feet high and is a carpenter by trade. The owner is hereby notified to come forward prove pro-perty, pay charged, and take said nogro away, or he will he dealt with as the law directs. E. B. SCARBROUGH. Sh'ff. july 31. 32
