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Tom - MS-WEA1

Title: Tom - MS-WEA1
Identifier: MS-WEA1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Mississippi Free Trader
Date: July 18, 1815
Trade: Weaver
gender: Male
Enslaver: Andrew Skillman
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Andrew Skillman
Transcription: Ten Dollars Reward WILL be paid for the delivery of a certain runaway negro man, named TOM, of a yellow complexion, ftammers much when fpeaking faft, and by trade a weaver,—He has been out fome time, an it is believed he is in the neighborhood of R Andrews, efq. on Cole's Creek—He formerly lived there with Henry and Jaob Hunt. ANDREW SKILLMAN. July 18. 14 —