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Title
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Harrison - MS-CAR52
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Identifier
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MS-CAR52
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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, 1849
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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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H. J. Holmes, Hugh McGewan
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from H. J. Holmes and Hugh McGewan
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Transcription
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$50 REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 29th ultimo, two negro men, HARRISON and HENRY. Harrison is a yellow boy, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, aged about 28 or 30 years, a Carpenter by trade. Henry is a black boy, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, aged 28 years--has scars of the whip on his seat and thighs. They both read and write well, and will make an effort to pass through Vicksburg, on their way to Ohio. $25 will be paid for the confinement of either in any jail out of the county of Hinds, or $10 if confined in the Raymond jail. H. J. HOLMES, HUGH McGEWAN. Spring Ridge, Miss., July 31—3t*
