Mrs. Emily Thompson’s Advertisement for the Return of Emeline Chapman, a Runaway Slave, after August 30, 1856

$300 REWARD. — RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Saturday, the 30th of August, 1856, my SERVANT WOMAN, named EMELINE CHAPMAN, about 25 years of age; quite dark, slender built, speaks short, and stammers some; with two children, one a female about two and a half years old; the other a male, seven or eight months old, bright color. I will give the above reward if they are delivered to me in Washington.

MRS. EMILY THOMPSON,

Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.

s23-TU, Th&st§

SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 157