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Title
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Frank - MS-CAR17
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Identifier
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MS-CAR17
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Source
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"Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849" The Woodville Republican
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Date
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April 28, 1838
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Stuart, had been in possession of Charles A. Thornton, had been living with William Smith
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from John Stuart
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Notes
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Lived in Mississippi for 2 years, was in New Orleans to be sent North
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Transcription
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The slave FRANK ran away April 1st in New Orleans; age 45-50; 5 feet 8 inches tall; "well set but rather spare in flesh;" very black; car-penter, "can do good course work like framing;" had been living with William Smith near Vernon in Madison County, Mississippi, for the past 2 years; had been in possession of Charles A. Thornton, Stuart's agent, from January 1st until the last of March; was about to be shipped North from New Orleans.
