Monday, August 14, 2017

Mrs. Emily Thompson’s Advertisement for the Return of Emeline Chapman, a Runaway Slave, September 6, 1856

$100 REWARD. — RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Saturday, the 30th of August, 1856, my SERVANT WOMAN, named EMELINE CHAPMAN, about 26 years of age; 5 feet 4 inches high; rather slender; quite dark-colored; speaks quick and short when spoken to and stammers some; with two children, a female about 2 years and 4 months old, the same color of the mother; the other a male, about 6 or 7 months old, quite bright colored. I will give the above reward if taken outside the District of Columbia, or $50 if taken within the limits of the District — in either case to be secured in jail or brought home to me, so that I get them again.

MRS. EMILY THOMPSON,
Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.

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— Published in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Maryland, Saturday Morning, September 6, 1856, p. 3

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