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31 August 1815

Thomas, E.S., fl. 1815

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Title: City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser [Vol. 35 No. 11,381(August 31, 1815)]

One issue of the City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser dated August 31, 1815. Contains many advertisements and public notices, of particular note are four runaway slave ads. The first ad is for an enslaved man named Tom who escaped from the publisher of the newspaper E.S. Thomas. Tom is described as five feet seven inches, with a mother named Mary West who lives in Petersburg. He formerly belonged to Mr. Dickson the editor of the Petersburg intelligencer. The second ad is for an enslaved person by the name of Quacou a 25 year old man that is five feet 6 inches. He escaped from Nathan…

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