1807--Reward Ad for Dick and Attempted Capture

Title: 1807--Reward Ad for Dick and Attempted Capture
Date: 1807
Formatted date: 1807-09-01
Event type: Escape
Description: A $50 reward is offered for the return of a freedom seeker named Dick who is 35-40 years old. Ownership is claimed by David L. Ward of Mays Lick. A man matching Dick’s description was spotted near Chillicothe, Ohio, and claimed to be a free man, recently manumitted by a preacher named James Suggett. Ad was placed by agent William Buckner, Jr.
Participant: African American(s): Dick; Slave holder(s): David L. Ward; Ward, David L.; Other participant(s): William Buckner, Jr.; James Suggett
Location: Mays Lick (Ky.)
Related resource: Buckner family; Suggitt family; Ward family
Bibliographic citation: "Reward Ad for Dick," Liberty Hall, Cincinnati, OH, Sep 29, 1807.
Source: Reward Ad for Dick

Item sets: AA--Events--Escapes--Kentucky--Bracken, Fleming, and Mason Counties

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Ward, David L.	Person