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Simeon - MS-CAR36

Title: Simeon - MS-CAR36
Identifier: MS-CAR36
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: December 8, 1845
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Joshua Corprew
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Joshua Corprew
Transcription: $25 Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber in Vicksburg, a Negro man named SIMEON, a carpenter by trade, on the 21st November last. He is about 25 years of age, of a dark complexion, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, the little finger of his right hand is stiff and remains crooked. He is well known in Vicksburg. I will give the above reward if he is delibered to me or lodged in the Jail of Warren county. dec8 JOSHUA CORPREW.