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Title
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Lewis - MS-VIOL7
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Identifier
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MS-VIOL7
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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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"Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849"
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Date
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June 23, 1838
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Trade
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Violinist
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Enslaver
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Fletcher
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Fletcher
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Home Location
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Mississippi
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Transcription
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The slave LEWIS was com-mitted to the Wilkinson County jail June 13th; age 35; stout made; very black; 5 feet 5 inches tall; quick spoken; "plays on violin which he had with him;" wearing cottonade pantaloons, a cotton shirt, an old hat, and a dark coat; had other clothing with him. Fletcher lived in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana. (W.R. 6-23-38)
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gender
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Male
