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Title
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Arthur-NC-COO6
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Identifier
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NC-COO6
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
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Source
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State Gazette of North Carolina
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Date
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Februrary 7 , 1788
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Trade
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Cooper
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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James Campbell
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homeLocation
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Chowan- River Bertie County, N.C
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events
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1.Passed for free man. 2. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER James Campbell.
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Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY form the subscriber on the 4th day of February last, a mulatto fellow named Arthur, about five feet eight inches high, 38 years old, has lost one of his foreteeth on the upper jaw, has a bushy head, a down look, and is an artful deceitful fellow, his clothes when he left were negro cotton jacket and trowsers, but took away with him a new suit of blue cloth coat[?], went to one, James Burrafs's in Orange County, in May last, where he has a wife, but soon left there and his told his wife he intended for Georgia, Cumberland or South Carolina. He is a cooper by trade, and will try to pass for a free man. Any person apprehending the said fellow, and conveying him to me on Chowan-River, in Bertie county, shall receive a reward of TWENTY POUNDS if taken out of this state, if within, the sum of FIFTEEN POUNDS currency of this state. JAMES CAMPBELL. All masters of vessels are hereby forbid hiring or carrying off said fellow. January 1, 1788.
