Up (Up, and Away) from Slavery

The American Declaration of Independence illustrated (c.1861; LOC: LC-DIG-pga-04029)

Abolitionist war aim - 1861

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Henry would almost certainly agree with the sentiment. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 22, 1861:

Ranaway–$100 reward.

–Ranaway, on Monday, a Negro Boy, named Henry; about five feet eight inches high; black man there [stammers?] slightly about twenty or twenty-two years and weight about 50 [150?] pounds; formerly belonged to Capt. John Wright, of Plain View, P. O. King and Queen county, Va., The above reward will be paid on his delivery to me at my office, in this city. He may be making his way to West Point, Va., He has a wife in that neighborhood. His upper teeth are dark, from tarter on them.

oc 22–ts Benjamin Davis.

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One Response to Up (Up, and Away) from Slavery

  1. I saw that ad in the Dispatch also — and I believe it was one of five or six runaway ads for the day. Henry commanded the highest reward, though — wonder why he was so valuable compared to the others?

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