File:1839 Runaway Slave Broadside From Fairfax Virginia.jpg

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Description 150 Dollar/Reward/Ran away from the subscriber, on Thursday the 22d inst., a/Negro Man Named/Fairfax,/About 21 years old, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, dark complexion, down look when spoken to,/stout made, a scar on one cheek-no other mark recollected. When he left, the clothing he/had on was linsey pants, cotton shirt, and shoes. I am not able to say whether he went off/with a hat or cap. He had a blue coat. The quantity of clothing he took with him is not known-part of it he left behind./I will give $10, if taken in the county of Clarke; $20, if taken within ten miles of my/place in the county of Jefferson; $25, if taken in Frederick county; $50, if taken beyond/that distance in the State of Virginia; or $150 if taken out of the State-in each case he/must be delivered in Jail, so that I get him again, or delivered top me in Clarke County, Virginia./Francis McCormick./August 23, 1839./Printed at the "Virginia Free Press" Office, Charleston., 12" square.
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