Runaway Negro
Summary
Notice: Sheriff Edward M. Mobley announces that a runaway slave named Harrison Lee was recently committed to the Washington County jail. The slave said his owner is John Addison Gordon of Spotsylvania County, VA.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Publication Date: September 5th, 1860
Page/Column: 3A
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Pre-War Events
- Slavery / Emancipation
- African Americans