1808--Reward for Willis

Item

Title
1808--Reward for Willis
Date
6 Jun 1808
Formatted date
1808-06-06
Event type
Escape
Description
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.
Participant
African American(s): Willis
Slave holder(s): Francis Silbert
Silbert, Francis
Other participant(s): Benjamin Craig
Related resource
Craig family
Silbert family
Bibliographic citation
"Reward Ad for Willis," Liberty Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 8 Oct 1808.

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Silbert, Francis Person