The Geography of Slavery

Virginia Gazette or American Advertiser (Hayes),
Richmond, November 13, 1784.

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN from the subscriber, living in the upper end of Stafford County, on the 3d of October, 1783, a likely Country born negro man named BOB, about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, of a yellow complexion, has a scar on his left foot, from his great toe to his instep, branded on his left cheek Q, is well made, a good cradler, can hew, and saw at the whip-saw. Whoever takes up the said negro, and brings him home, shall receive the above reward, besides what the law allows. AARON BOTTS. Sept. 2, 1784.

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