The Geography of Slavery

Virginia Gazette and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser (Pleasants),
Richmond, August 8, 1793.

RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in the lower end of Louisa county, on last Saturday night, a likely Virginia born Negro Man, named SAM, about 6 feet high, 28 years of age, and is much marked with the small pox--he wore away nothing remarkable except a pair of red striped breeches--he is well acquainted in Richmond, Hanover-town, and the Forks of Hanover. I expect he will attempt to get on board of some vessel in order to make his escape, as I have been informed he has got a certificate of his being a free man, and as he left my plantation where no white man lived, and where he acted as an overseer.--I will reward any person, (handsomely) who will secure him so that I get him again. W. MERIWETHER July 29, 1793.

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