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Muscogee County, Georgia · 1852

Runaway Notice — Columbus Enquirer

A newspaper advertisement seeking the return of a self-emancipated man named Isaac, describing physical appearance and suspected destination.

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Runaway Notice — Columbus Enquirer
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"FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. Ranaway from the subscriber, living near Columbus, on the 3d inst., a negro man named ISAAC, about 28 years of age, five feet ten inches high, of dark complexion, has a scar over his left eye. It is supposed he will make his way toward the Chattahoochee. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to me or lodging in any jail so that I get him again. — WM. T. FONTAINE."

Source: Columbus Enquirer, Georgia, 1852 (sample re-creation).

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Isaac
enslaved person
self-emancipated, aged ~28
Wm. T. Fontaine
enslaver
subscriber placing notice

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