The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy, Vol. 1 No. 53, September 17, 1793, page 3

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IdentifierCH_CA_2024_AAS_016_013
CategoryInstitutional Collections
Description Features articles by Isaac Connall who issued a reward for a negro woman named Easter (aged around 40), who ran away; Edward Ireland who asserts that he will bring legal action against anyone who "may employ or harbor my negroes belonging to Worton Farm, particularly my man Caleb, a fiddler..."

​​​​​​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 CreatedSeptember 17 1793

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LanguageEnglish
Original Object Formatnewsprint