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Title
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Dick - VA-BLA2
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Identifier
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VA-BLA2
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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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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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September 29, 1768
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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Enslaver
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Bernard Moore
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Home
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Bernard Moore's Forge
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Bernard Moore
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away from my forge, in King and Queen county, last Friday night, a Negro man slave named DICK, by trade a blacksmith, about 4 feet 8 inches high, a well set Nack fellow, and had on very good clothing. I have the greatest reason to suspect he intends to make his escape by water, as he is company with that noted villain Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Cambridge . Whoever apprehends the said slave, and contrives him to me in King William county, or to Mr. John Ellis at the forge, shall have 5l. reward.
BERNARD MOORE.
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gender
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Male
