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"Three Pounds Reward" for Harry
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"Three Pounds Reward" for Harry

May 30, 1791 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave

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Newspaper Brunswick Gazette Place of Publication New Brunswick, NJ Ad Author(s) Jeromus Rappleyea Ad Subject(s) Harry Ad Type Runaway Price 3 pounds
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