The Geography of Slavery

Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser (Nicolson & Prentis),
Richmond, December 11, 1784.

Ten Dollars Reward. RUN away from the subscriber, on Friday the 3d instant (December) a very black NEGRO FELLOW, named OLIVER. He is well set, about 5 feet 7 inches high, and has remarkable white teeth; had on when he went away a blue sailors jacket, with a double set of buttons on it, and lined through with flannel, a red plush waistcoat, and a pair of dark milled stockings. He was formerly the property of Lewis Burwell, Esq; deceased, of Gloucester. I will give the above reward to any person that will deliver him to me in Richmond, or a proportion of it to have him secured so that I get him again. JAMES BENNETT.

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