Runaway Slave Advertisement in an 1860 Houston Newspaper
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Title
Runaway Slave Advertisement in an 1860 Houston Newspaper
Description
This notice about two enslaved men captured in Robertson county appeared in an 1860 newspaper published in Houston. Next to it is the city business directory listing local businessmen, including William Marsh Rice and H. H. Milby, the proprietor of the Old Capitol Hotel and a slaveholder who rented the labor of at least two slaves to Dick Dowling.
Creator
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register
Source
<em>Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register</em>, May 13, 1846, via Portal to Texas History<br>
<a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48411/">http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48411/</a>
<a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48411/">http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48411/</a>
Publisher
Published here by Rice University
Date
May 13, 1846
Rights
This image is in the public domain.
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Text
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Citation
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, “Runaway Slave Advertisement in an 1860 Houston Newspaper,” Woodson Research Center - Fondren Library - Rice University, accessed May 22, 2013, http://exhibits.library.rice.edu/items/show/822.
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