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William - MS-BLA54

Title: William - MS-BLA54
Identifier: MS-BLA54
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Vicksburg Daily Whig
Date: May 17, 1860
Trade: Blacksmith
gender: Male
Enslaver: B. D. Whitney
Home: Rodewald Plantation
events: 1. Self-emancipated from B. D. Whitney
Transcription: Absconded, FROM Rodewald Plantation, on Sunflower river, four weeks since, the boy WILLIAM, a bright mulatto, 20 years of age, a blacksmith by trade, and weighing about 130 pounds. He will try to pass for a white boy, and has probably gone down the Missis-sippi. A reward of $50 will be paid for his recovery by B. D. WHITNEY. Vicksburg, May 17, 1860—d&w4w