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Title
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Bob - VA-BLA4
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Identifier
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VA-BLA4
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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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April 23, 1772
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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Enslaver
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Robert Walker
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Robert Walker
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away from the Subscriber, in Dinwiddie , on Tuesday the 14th Instant ( April ) a Negro named BOB, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, by a Trade a Blacksmith, every dark and this visaged. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, if he is taken in Virginia , and THREE POUNDS if taken in Carolina , besides what the Law allows.
ROBERT WALKER .
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gender
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Male
