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Smoot, A. Jackson (1828-1906) [Reward for Nace Dorsey, a runaway slave]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04372.02 Author/Creator: Smoot, A. Jackson (1828-1906) Place Written: Charles County, Maryland Type: Broadside Date: 15 July 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.4 x 21.1 cm. Order a Copy

Award offered by A. Jackson Smoot. Smoot offers $150 for Dorsey, described as a "Negro Man... 5 feet 11 inches in height-- may be 6 feet-- large and muscular, black, and with a few grey hairs. Is about 40 years old."

Smoot, A. Jackson, 1828-1906
Dorsey, Nace, 1820-?

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