The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy, Vol. 1, No. 5, April 2, 1793, page 3

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IdentifierCH_CA_2024_AAS_016_002
CategoryInstitutional Collections
Description An enslaved woman named Hagar (aged 21) ran away, and James Ringgold has placed a reward for her capture. There is mention of Haiti, and a man named Samuel Johnson who had been in Haiti and who shares that the revolting negroes have taken the colony by force from the French.

The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy is the only known newspaper published in the 1700s on the upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. Just 61 issues survive, all dated between March and December 1793.
The pages of The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy offer a fascinating glimpse into the community’s open divisions over slavery during the era of the Early Republic. Advertisements offering rewards for the recapture of escapees from enslavement are printed literally side-by-side with announcements of upcoming meetings of the Chestertown Abolition Society.  Date CreatedApril 2 1793

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LanguageEnglish
Original Object Formatnewsprint
KeywordsAAS - Apollo, or Chestertown Spy - Haiti, Kent County, Maryland
Library of Congress Subject HeadingsFree Black people, Free African AmericansLibrary of Congress Name Authority FileMaryland--Kent County, American Antiquarian Society