The Apollo, or Chestertown Spy, Vol. 1 No. 69, November 12, 1793, page 4

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IdentifierCH_CA_2024_AAS_016_015
CategoryInstitutional Collections
Description Sheriff Philip Reed reports on a negro man named Denis that was taken to the Kent County Jail.
Samuel Gould puts up a reward for a runaway negro man named Simon (about age 32). The 22 and 16 year old negro men are still for sale via Samuel Sutton.  Someone advertises his wish to purchase "a number of negroes."

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 CreatedNovember 12 1793

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