George Davis - MS-SHOE4
Item
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Title
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George Davis - MS-SHOE4
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Identifier
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MS-SHOE4
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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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Natchez Gazette
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Date
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December 2, 1819
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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gender
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Male
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Notes
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George Davis is a free man, no location given but possibly Natchez, Mississippi
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Transcription
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CHOCTAW AGENCY, Dec. 2, 1819. WAS brought to the Agency as a runaway, a Mulatto Man who calls himself GEORE DAVIS, about 23 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high ; no particular marks; says he is a shoe-maker, and plays on the violin—states himself to be a free-man. EDEN BRASHEARS, Assistant Agt. to the Choctaws. 61-2
