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1840 jail bill for runaway slave named John

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1840 Jail Bill for Runaway Slave Named John. . 1840. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54170.

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(1840). 1840 jail bill for runaway slave named John. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54170.

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1840 Jail Bill for Runaway Slave Named John. 1840. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54170.

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  • Jail bill for a runaway slave dated November 29, 1840. The bill lists the fees for capturing and jailing a runaway slave named John. According to the bill, John had been in jail from January 13, 1840, to November 29, 1840. The owner of John was Hezekiah Teague. The bill was for $113.
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