News Article Reporting an Attempt to Smuggle an Unnamed Enslaved Person

Authors

John Lewis

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Description

News article reporting that an attempt to smuggle an enslaved man into a free state failed when the man called out from inside of a box waiting to be loaded for shipment; the man belonged to Mr. John Lewis of Germantown (presumably in New Orleans)

ISBN

MUM00431_stone_b1_f4_021

Publication Date

6-16-1845

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

Lewis, John, "News Article Reporting an Attempt to Smuggle an Unnamed Enslaved Person" (1845). Lantern Project. 106.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lanternproject/106

Original Format

article

Original Collection

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

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