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Title
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Yancy-NC-BRIL6
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Identifier
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NC-BRIL6
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--T0 1863
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Source
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Milton Chronicle
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Date
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March 10, 1859
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Trade
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Bricklayer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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The estate of William Baird (dec'd).
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homeLocation
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Roxboro, N.C.
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events
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1. Passed for a free man.2. Self Emancipated from ENSLAVER William Baird Estate.
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Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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$100 REWARD! WE will give the above reward for the apprehension and delivery (or confinement in jail until we can get him,) of a negro man named YANCY, a Bricklayer by trade, belonging to the estate of Wm. [William] Baird, dec'd. [deceased]. The said negro had a pass to be absent three months; left the 1st of January 1858, and has not been home since. He is about 30 or 35 years old; from five to five feet six inches high; stout, athletic form;quite black; short hair;--and fine voice, with the 1st finger on his right hand stiff. JOHN & N. H. BAIRD, Ex'rs. [Executors] Roxboro', N. C. March 1st 1859
