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Title
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Aberdeen - VA-BLA5
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Identifier
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VA-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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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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December 5, 1777
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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Enslaver
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William Black
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Home
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Falls Plantation
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from William Black
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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FIVE POUNDS REWARD
FOR apprehending and bringing Home ABERDEEN, a Negro Fellow, belonging to the Subscriber, and by Trade a Blacksmith. He ran away from the Falls Plantation, in Chesterfield , some Time late in last September ; he is an African , but came in the Country young, and speaks very good English , may be about 35 Years of Age, near 5 Feet 10 Inches high, stout and well made, a little knockne'd, and has a Blemish or white Speak on or near the Sight of one of his Eyes; he had several Changes of Clothes, and among them a blue Cloth new Market Coat. He has a Wife at the Plantation of John Parke Custis , Esquire, in King & Queen , where I formerly lived, and it is probable he may be in that Neighbourhood, as he would sometimes stay a Month there when I gave him Liberty to go and see his Wife, or he may be lurking about my Plantation in Prince George . Whoever apprehends him must be careful of his inking his Escape, being an artful Fellow.
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WILLIAM BLACK
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gender
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Male
