Enslaved Man Named "Amos" Runs Away
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Title
Enslaved Man Named "Amos" Runs Away
Subject
Florida State University
Race Relations
Enslavement
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Description
Amos has runaway and the owner claims he may change his name to John in order to evade capture.
Creator
Green, Alvan
Source
Original digital item located in America's Historical Newspapers (The Floridian and Advocate) that can be accessed with an account at lib.fsu.edu
Publisher
Floridian and Advocate
Date
1836-11-12
Contributor
Patterson, Kathryn
Rights
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“TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Ranaway from the subscriber on the 19th of Sept. a negro boy by the name of AMOS, (which he will probably change to John). He is about 13 years of age, about 4 feet 10 inches in height, his under lip rather inclines to roll out when talking, has a small scar on his forehead over one his eyes, he had on an osnaburg shirt and pantaloons he is a daring armed (?) villain – The above reward will be given for the delivery of the boy to me in Tallahassee, or secured in any jail so that I get him.
ALVAN GREEN.
Oct 8, 1836”
Ranaway from the subscriber on the 19th of Sept. a negro boy by the name of AMOS, (which he will probably change to John). He is about 13 years of age, about 4 feet 10 inches in height, his under lip rather inclines to roll out when talking, has a small scar on his forehead over one his eyes, he had on an osnaburg shirt and pantaloons he is a daring armed (?) villain – The above reward will be given for the delivery of the boy to me in Tallahassee, or secured in any jail so that I get him.
ALVAN GREEN.
Oct 8, 1836”
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Citation
Green, Alvan, “Enslaved Man Named "Amos" Runs Away,” A Community History of Race Relations: Tallahassee & Florida State University , accessed May 3, 2024, https://historyracerelationstlh.omeka.net/items/show/1439.