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Advertisement for four runaway slaves, submitted by William E. Phillips in Madison County, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the advertisement Phillips describes each slave's physical appearance and disposition. He offers $50 for their return and discusses their motives for leaving: "The subscriber thinks it probable that some white person has been instrumental in inducing those negroes to run away....I am disposed to think they are aiming for some of the free states."
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Text
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600 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1825 August 5 1825 08 05
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130