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Title
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Isaac - VA-SHOE20
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Identifier
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VA-SHOE20
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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June 12, 1779
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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Enslaver
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William Young
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from William Young
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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 at Guilford warehouse, in Accomack county, three negro men, viz. Isaac, Ned , and Jacob, Isaac is about 28 years of age, a short well made fellow of a yellowish complexion, by trade a shoemaker, and is very fond of playing on the violin. Ned , about 26 years of age, of the same complexion as Isaac , and is a good sawyer. Jacob , about 24 years of age, is a sawyer, and has been used to saw with Ned . Whoever will apprehend and secure the said negroes so that they may be had again, shall be handsomely rewarded by
WILLIAM YOUNG .
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gender
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Male
