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Enslaved men, chained together in a coffle, are paraded through the streets of Washington D.C. on their way to the slave market. Detail from a larger print in the Library of Congress.

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1798 Philadelphia ad to recover escaped slave Zelime.

February 20, 1798

Ran away from the Subscriber,
On the 24th January last,
A Black Woman, named Zelime.
SHE is of a middling sized stature, thick lips, marked with the small pox in the face -- She carried off a bundle of linen with her. Whoever takes her up and brings her to the subscriber, at No. 181, Arch-street, corner of Fourth-street, shall receive two Dollars reward.
J. LAZELLES.
N.B. Whoever harbors said Girl after this notice, shall be prosecuted to the serverity of the law.
February 10.

Source: Gazette of the United States, 20 February 1798, page 1

 
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