News Article Reporting the Kidnapping of an Enslaved Person Named Wilson

Authors

William H. Willis

Files

Description

News article reporting that William Johnson, otherwise known as Jefferson Cash, kidnapped an enslaved man named Wilson, belonging to William H. Willis of Tennessee, and took Wilson to New Orleans

ISBN

MUM00431_stone_b1_f4_017

Publication Date

11-11-1848

Relational Format

archival material

City

New Orleans (La.)

Keywords

Enslaved persons ; Slaveholders ; Slavery -- Louisiana ; Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Willis, William H., "News Article Reporting the Kidnapping of an Enslaved Person Named Wilson" (1848). Lantern Project. 102.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lanternproject/102

Original Format

article

Original Collection

Alfred H. Stone Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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