Horace or Ben - MS-VIOL6
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Title
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Horace or Ben - MS-VIOL6
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Identifier
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MS-VIOL6
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Source
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Natchez Gazette
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Date
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July 15, 1820
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Houston, captured by John M'Kee, Agent for the Chocktaws
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Notes
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Said to have traveled to Natchez with Mr. Stone
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Transcription
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Chocktaw Agency, July 9, 1820. WAS brought to this place, as a runaway, a Mulatto Man, who calls himself HORACE, or BEN—about 25 years of age; 5 feet 10 inches high—has been crippled in his right hand—plays on the violin : says he belongs to a Mr. John Houston, of Kentucky, and that he came down the river with a Mr. Stone. JOHN M'KEE, Agent for the Chocktaws. July 15, 1820. 29—3
