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John

Run away from the subscriber the 4th inst. A mulatto boy named John 16 years old, short of his age and plucky. Took with him 5 white shirts, one ruffled on the bottom, one white silk and two bandana handkercheifs, two white and two striped linen do.…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: March 9, 1796
Location: Hartford, CT

John

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RUNAWAY from on board the sloop Jane, at Wethetsfield, on the night of the 4th inst. a black Boy, named JOHN, about 13 years of age, a native of Annabos, Coast of Guinea, speaks Spanish and but little English, is very black. Whoever will deliver the…
Newspaper: Middlesex Gazette
Date: November 25, 1813
Location: Middletown, CT