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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
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
Rights
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