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Milly-NC-KNI1, NC-SEA3

Title: Milly-NC-KNI1, NC-SEA3
Identifier: NC-KNI1, NC-SEA3
Subject: African American Women--History African Americans--History--African American--History--To 1863
Source: Carolina Observer
Date: January 15, 1840
Trade: seamstress, knitter
gender: female
Enslaver: E.Love
homeLocation: Rockingham,NC
events: 1.Passed for a free woman. 2. Self-emancipated from ENSLAVER E. Love.
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson is also found in the following collections: seamstress, knitter.
Transcription: 100 Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on the first of this month, a small Mulatto Woman by the name of Milly, aged about 25 or 26 years, with quite a bushy head of hair, and a flat nose, quite a small appearance about the breast, speaks quite mild when spoken to, and a quick step. She is a good seamstress and knitter for a Negro. No other particular marks recollected; went off well clothed. I suspected her of robbing my Trunk of $700 a few days before, and will give the above reward for the woman and money, or in proportion to what my be found with her; if none, a liberal reward for her. She may try to pass as a free woman, and perhaps she may have a pass, or some one may have taken her off with the money and sold her. E. LOVE. Rockingham, Richmond county, Jan. 10. 80tf