Wanted poster for runaway enslaved person Amos
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Wanted poster for runaway enslaved person Amos

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A wanted poster for a runaway enslaved person named Amos offering a thirty-dollar reward for his return. The poster offers a description of where he was from in Queen Anne's County, his appearance, and his likely destination. The poster describes him as smart, stating that he will likely change his name and has possibly already changed it to Stephen. The ad was posted by William Price. 
Sumner Hall
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
February 11 1793
Dixon's Auction at Crumpton
Bordley Family
Sumner Hall
Norris Commodore
Terry Commodore
English
wanted posters
The Commodore Collection
Fugitive slaves, Wanted posters, Slaveholders, Slavery Church Hill

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