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Frank - MS-CAR17

Title: Frank - MS-CAR17
Identifier: MS-CAR17
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849" The Woodville Republican
Date: April 28, 1838
Trade: Carpenter
Enslaver: John Stuart, had been in possession of Charles A. Thornton, had been living with William Smith
Events: 1. Self-emancipated from John Stuart
Home Location: Mississippi
Notes: Lived in Mississippi for 2 years, was in New Orleans to be sent North
Transcription: 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.
gender: Male