Thursday, June 27, 2019

John W. Anderson’s Advertisement for the return of a “Negro Man, Alfred,” June 12, 1856

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REwARd. — Ran Way from the subscriber, living in Rockville, Montgomery county, Md., on Saturday, 31st of May last,

NEGRO MAN, ALFRED,

about twenty-two years of age; five feet seven inches high; dark copper color, and rather good looking.

He had on when he left a dark blue and green plaid frock coat, of cloth, and lighter colored plaid pantaloons.

I will give the above reward if taken out of the county, and in any of the States, or fifty dollars if taken in the county or the District of Columbia, and secured so that I get him again.

John W. Anderson.
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SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 388; The advertisement originally appeared in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Thursday, June 12, 1856, p. 4.

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