Newspaper Advertisement for Runaway Slaves, George Washington (August 20, 1761) – Encyclopedia Virginia
FULL TEXT Fairfax County (Virginia) August 11, 1761. Ran away from a Plantation of the Subscriber’s, on Dogue Run in Fiarfax, on Sunday the 9th Instant, the following Negroes, viz. Peros[?], 35 or 40 Years of Age, a well-set Fellow, of about 5 feet 8 Inches high, yellowish Complexion, with a very full round Face, and full black Beard, his Speech is something slow and broken, but not in so great a Degree as to render him remarkable. He had on when he went away, a dark colour’d Cloth Coat, a white Linen Waist-coat, white Breeches and white Stockings. Jack, 30 Years (or thereabouts) old, a s...
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