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Title
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Strap- JA-COO11
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Identifier
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JA-COO11
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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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Cornwall Chronicle
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Date
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August 4,1785
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Enslaver
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Joseph Hicks
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Home
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Martha Brae, Trelawny
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Transcription
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Run-away,from the subscriber 14th of June last,two Negro Fellows.they carried a canoe with them.One is marked with small-pox,a cooper by trade, and named Strap.The other of a sambo colour,pretends to be be free,his dialect is spanish He calls himself JOHN READ. It is supposed they are lurking in Montego Bay or Lucea.Fifty shillings reward will be given for each,if put in any workhouses of this island,giving notice thereof to me at this place.JOSEPH HICKS
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Type
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