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Lewis - MS-VIOL7

Title: Lewis - MS-VIOL7
Identifier: MS-VIOL7
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: "Mississippi, Wilkinson County Newspaper Slave Ads, 1823-1849"
Date: June 23, 1838
Trade: Violinist
gender: Male
Enslaver: Fletcher
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Fletcher
Transcription: The slave LEWIS was com-mitted to the Wilkinson County jail June 13th; age 35; stout made; very black; 5 feet 5 inches tall; quick spoken; "plays on violin which he had with him;" wearing cottonade pantaloons, a cotton shirt, an old hat, and a dark coat; had other clothing with him. Fletcher lived in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana. (W.R. 6-23-38)