Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_031
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Letter regarding their enslaved man John who was hired out to Mr. Webb, they have not seen them and wants Webb to give him back and not chastise him. They worry that Charles' actions have made people mad and they are taking it out on their other enslaved hires.
MS0066-01-73-061 April 15 1842
legal correspondence
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States, Slave labor, Race relations
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