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Title
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Hannah aka Fanny- MD-COOK7
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Identifier
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MD-COOK7
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Source
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Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
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Date
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August 21, 1789
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gender
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Female
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Enslaver
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Alexander Lawson
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events
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Self-emancipated from Alexander Lawson
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Notes
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Compiled from Lathan Windley
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Transcription
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HANNAH.
MY Cook, named HANNAH, ran away, on the 5th Instant: She is a MULATTO SLAVE, between 35 and 40 years of age, and measures about 5 feet 3 inches in height, has a down look, and is somewhat reduced by sickness: Her disorder was the yaws, for which she has been under a course of mercury: She has lost an upper fore-tooth, and the hair on her upper-lip is remarkably long: Her cheek-bones are high; on both her arms are scars, from burns, and on her left, near the wrist, is another large scar, occasioned by the cut of a knife: Her dress is uncertain, as she carried with her a variety of clothes: When on an expedition of this kind, she generally wears long sleeves and gloves, to hide, as it is supposed, the scars on her arms.
HANNAH professes to be a complete Cook; and her abilities, in that way, are not despicable: She sometimes calls herself FANNY, and will, probably, change her name, on this occasion: Her route is supposed to be toward Philadelphia; but she has haunts in Talbot, and in the lower counties of Maryland, is well acquainted in Kent and Cecil, and formerly lived with me in Baltimore; so that she has many advantages, and will make the best use of them.
I will give SIX DOLLARS reward, (including what the Law allows) if she is taken, and secured, in this State; and TEN DOLLARS, if out of it; with reasonable Charges for bringing her home.
ALEXANDER LAWSON.
Queen-Ann’s County, August 15, 1789.
