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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BROADSIDE (RUNAWAY SLAVE.) Ten Dollars Reward. Ran away on the 23d inst. A handsome active mulatto slave, named Arch.. .
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SLAVE BROADSIDE (RUNAWAY SLAVE.) Ten Dollars Reward. Ran away on the 23d inst. A handsome active mulatto slave, named Arch... Broadside, 10-1/2x8-1/4 inches, two sides roughly trimmed and two with deckled edges, some very light foxing consistent with age. Frederick-Town: printed by Matthias Bartgis, at his English and German Printing-Office, 1793
- Notes: a rare broadside, describing the runaway as "21 years of age, is slender built and of middle stature, talks sensible and artful, but only if closly examined is apt to tremble, has a ridge or scar on the back of his neck, about an inch long; had on, when he ran away, an old country linen shirt and good oznabrigs trowsers, and old grey kersey coat, wornout at the elbows----had no hat, shoes, or other cloaths whatever, but he will probably steal others... Ignatius Davis, June 24, 1793" An exceptionally early broadside; only two copies are located: Pennsylvania Historical Society and New York Historical Society.
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