The Geography of Slavery

Norfolk Herald (Willett and O'Connor),
Norfolk, July 30, 1799.

Committed to Norfolk Borough Jail, the following Negro Men, WILL, the property of Capt. Kirkley, of Baltimore, about 36 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, dark complexion. Also MOSES JOHNSTON, the property of Samuel Tross, of Eastern Shore, Maryland, dark complexion, about 6 feet high, 24 years of age. And HALL, the property of Thos. Morrison, of Prince George County, about 5 feet 7 inches high, dark complexion, 20 years of age. The owners are desired to take them away and pay charges. John Branan, Jailer. Norfolk, July 30.