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1841 memorandum issuing the retrieval of a runaway slave from jail in Rogersville, Tennessee
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1841 Memorandum Issuing the Retrieval of a Runaway Slave From Jail In Rogersville, Tennessee. . 1841. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54191.APA citation style
(1841). 1841 memorandum issuing the retrieval of a runaway slave from jail in Rogersville, Tennessee. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54191.Chicago citation style
1841 Memorandum Issuing the Retrieval of a Runaway Slave From Jail In Rogersville, Tennessee. 1841. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54191.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- The slave's name was Adam, and he was owned by Thomas B. Stone. Stone agreed to pay a man by the name of Lowell Newsom to travel to Rogersville, Tennessee to retrieve Adam, a runaway slave, who was captured and put in jail. Newsom is directed to keep Adam confined "believing that if he [Adam] is set at liberty, he will make his escape..."
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