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Title
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Moses - MS-SHOE2
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Identifier
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MS-SHOE2
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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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August 2, 1813
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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George Davis, jailed by Jonathan Powell, J. A. C.
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Jonathan Powell, J. A. C.
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Notes
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Self-emancipated form George Davis in New Orleans
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Transcription
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WAS Committed to the Jail of Adams County M. T. on the 16th of July, A Negro Man named Mofes ; Who fays that he belongs to George Davis of New Orleans ; he is about 5 feet 8 inches high, has loft one of his upper front teeth, is a fhoe and boot maker by trade. The ow0ner is requefted to come forward according to law, and take him away. Jonathan Powell, J. A. C. Auguft 2d, 1813.
