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Derry and Dan

RAN away on Monday Night the 28th Instant, a negro Man named DERRY, about 27 years of age, six feet and about 2 inches high, pretty slim, looks a little cross eyed, his feet very extraordinary large and long, carried with him one caster Hat, two…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 19, 1782
Location: Chatham, CT

Cato, Cambridge, and Dan

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RANAWAY from their masters, on the 14th instant, three negro boys, named Cato, Cambridge and Dan - Cato is about 20 years old, of a middling size, has large feet, and a stooping gait - Cambridge is of a smaller size, 20 years old, has a small scar on…
Newspaper: Connecticut Journal
Date: May 20, 1789
Location: Wallingford, CT