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aRefuge In Old IowatP Tor t ( flit (’ i v i 1 War lt;a' 'v n’ j erlt; in Missouri, knowing *th it their!u , runaway ucgroca bads probably cro?* jed the lint* into « ftlt;gu*ntly prm j•ivted advertisement* in Iowa newn* I■¥:-fee1 I- •' J• ; papers offering rewards 1 r the re* | | torn of thlt; fugitives, in an aiiiclej; lt;ntitled #lt;The Underprtrtiml Railroad I :u low \% hifli lt;i pp« a red in a re-j cent number of The Iowa Journal of HPtory and Polities , published by tht State llistorieal Society, the **'author includes the following adlj ver■ isemnr. signed by John T j Headman. and printed in the “Keokuk Argus**.uiiuaft it ii a* iv on Sundav the thirty• T'~ *•'first of ,\1av 1846 from Hie subscriber, living in Waterloo Clark Co.,I Mo., a negro woman named Lucy j about •»6 years old, very stout and beiv\ made, very black ,verv large feet and bands had on when she I left a ill tie calico drv s and a *mim-J bonnet, no other clothing It is j believed that she will be conducted to the territory of low® in tin* dir-Jeetio?i of Keos »ii(|ua or heyond that place to a settlement of fret* negroes bat \\ a set free by Meirs living in Tully, Lewis county Missoiri some Iyears ago. Any person apprehend-[j ing said stive and returning her to j ; me. or scetiring lo so that I cAlti* j get her again 1 will pay a liberal j1| rew ird and pay all reasonable ex-jpcases (live information to Daniel jH Keokuk, ir Jaines T iea t!i ’1IsV| Farm mgtoii, Iowa ’
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Creston Daily Advertiser
Creston, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 01, 1924
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