1808--Reward for Willis
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Title
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1808--Reward for Willis
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Date
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6 Jun 1808
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Formatted date
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1808-06-06
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Event type
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Escape
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Description
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Benjamin Craig of Boone County, Kentucky acted as an agent for the slaveholder Francis Sibert, of Shenandoah County, Virginia, who was seeking the return of an enslaved man named Willis, who had escaped on 6 June 1808 with the help of a Methodist preacher. Craig suspected that he was in the area and offered a $30 reward to anyone to detain him and "lodge him" in the Cincinnati jail.
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Participant
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African American(s): Willis
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Slave holder(s): Francis Silbert
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Silbert, Francis
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Other participant(s): Benjamin Craig
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Bibliographic citation
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"Reward Ad for Willis," Liberty Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 8 Oct 1808.
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