Thursday, September 5, 2019

John E. Bowie’s Advertisement for the Return of “Jim Reeves, a Fugitive Slave, June 19, 1857

FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. — RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living near Nottingham, Prince George’s county, Md., on Monday, April 13 [sic], NEGRO “JIM REEVES,” about 22 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, light copper color, full suit of hair; very polite when spoken to.  He has a mother living near Alexandria ferry; also, relations living in Washington city.  I will give the above reward, no matter where taken, if he is secured in jail or brought home to me.

JOHN E. BOWIE.
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SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Friday, June 19, 1857, p. 3

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