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Title
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Morris - TN-CAR14
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Identifier
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TN-CAR14
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
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Source
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Memphis Advocate
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Date
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April 12, 1828
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Trade
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Carpenter
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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William M. Beal
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Home Location
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Randolph, Tennessee
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Baty
2. Formerly enslaved by Col. Aldridge
3. Self-emancipated from William M. Beal
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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ABSCONDED,
ON the 12th inst. from the Steam Boat Livingston, at a wood yard about 30 miles below Randolph, a negro man by the name of MORRIS. He is about 25 years old, dark complexion and a pretty good carpenter. Morris formerly belong’d to Mr. Baty of Tuscumbia, Alabama, by whom he was sold to Col. Aldridge of that place. A fair reward, and all reasonable expenses will be paid, to any person that will deliver him to Messrs L. & W.S. Henderson, Memphis, Messrs Douglass & Brown of Randolph, Maj. J.S. Brown of Covington, James Smith Esq. of Brownsville, Maj. David Dunn, Big Creek, Shelby county, or R.C. Friar, Bolivar, Tennessee.
Wm. M. BEAL
New Orleans, March 17, 1828.
