unknown, George Washington [1]

Title: unknown, George Washington [1]
Gender: Male
Biography: Runaway ad: "Was committed to the jail of Copiah county on the 11th of March, 1844, a runaway who calls his name GEORGE WASHINGTON. He states that he belongs to a Mr. Gains (sic, ) a negro trader, and was brought from Boone County, Kentucky. The boy is about 24 years of age, six feet high and of a copper colour; speaks slow; had on a blanket coat with a fur collar, white linsey pants, &c. States that he left his master about 150 miles below Natchez, on the coast. The slaveholder is requested to take him out under the requisitions of the law. THOS HOLLIDAY, Sheriff of Copiah County."
Birth date: circa 1820
Participant in: 1844--Sale and Escape of George Washington
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Gaines, unknown
Bibliographic citation(s): "Sale and Escape of George Washington," Mississippi Free Trader Natchez, MS, 27 Mar 1844
Source(s): Sale and Escape of George Washington

Item sets: AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--G; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--Slaveholder Unknown--E-G

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