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Runaway Negro

Summary

Notice: Sheriff Edward M. Mobley announces that a runaway slave named Harrison Lee was recently committed to the Washington County jail. The slave said his owner is John Addison Gordon of Spotsylvania County, VA.


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light

Publication Date: September 5th, 1860

Page/Column: 3A

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

Subjects

  • Pre-War Events
  • Slavery / Emancipation
  • African Americans

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