1848--14 Year Old Charlie Jailed for Running Away

Title: 1848--14 Year Old Charlie Jailed for Running Away
Date: 4 Nov 1848
Formatted date: 1848-11-04
Event type: Escape
Description: A Runaway Ad: "Committed to the Jail of Warren County, Mississippi, on the 4th day of November, 1848 by S. B. Harwood, an acting justice of the peace in the city of Vicksburg, is a negro named 'Charley,' who is 5 feet high and about 14 years of age with a black complexion. He had on a blue blanket coat and striped cotton pants and he belongs to George Brasier of Boone County, KY. The slaveholder of said negro is required to come forward, prove property and pay charges to take him away or he will be disposed of as the law directs. C. Steele, Sheriff."
Participant: African American(s): Charley; unknown, Charley; Slave holder(s): George Brasier; Brasher, George Washington [1]
Location: Warren County (Miss.); Boone County (Ky.)
Related resource: Brasher family
Bibliographic citation: "Charley Incarcerated, Seeking Slaveholder Claim," Vicksburg Daily Whig, Vicksburg, MS, 21 Nov 1848
Source: Charley Incarcerated, Seeking Slaveholder Claim

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