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Title
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Edwin-NC-BLA5
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Identifier
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NC-BLA5
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
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Source
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Edenton, N.C. : State Gazette of North Carolina; 3/19/1795, Page 1
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Date
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March 19, 1795
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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H.Murfree
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events
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1.Passed for a free man. 2. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER H.Murfree.
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Transcription
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TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RUN AWAY on the 4th inst. a mulatto fellow named EDWIN; he is strong and well made, about twenty-three years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, has a full bushy head of hair, or wool; I believe no scars or marks from whipping on his back; he has been several voyages to sea, and being a very bright mulatto, do believe he will attempt to pass as a free man: He is a good hand at the whip-saw, understands tying twine and mending a seine, and is handy at all kinds of plantation business. He has worked a little in a blacksmith's shop and a ship yard. He had on a coating jacket, which he may change, as he has a variety of good clothes, amongst them a pale blue cloth coat, but whether or not he has carried these clothes with him, I do not know. The above reward, and all reasonable expences, will be paid to any person who will bring him to me, or secure him in gaol, so that I may get him. All masters of vessels are forbid employing, or harbouring the above slave. H. MURFREE. State of North Carolina, Hartford County, Murfreesborough, 7th March, 1795.
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homeLocation
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Murfreesboro,NC, Hertford County
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Type
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