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Reward for Runaway Slaves



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Title: Reward for Runaway Slaves
Description: Poster offering $600 reward for the return of three runaway slaves in Calvert County, Maryland. The three slaves are Henry Morsell, Jim Parker, and Bill Hutton.
Image ID: 1926
Creation
Date: 		April 19, 1849 
Creator
Name: 		Not known
City, State: Maryland
Collection
Name: 		Classified File
Genre: Broadsides
Additional
Information: 		This image is one of many images, held in various collections at WHS, that document social action in the United States.
Subjects: Political posters
Slavery
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.
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