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Newspaper
Virginia Advocate
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1830
Page
2
The piece narrates political maneuvering in France with reflections on the July monarchy, notes open ports in the West Indies, discusses Virginia University faculty, and crowds Paris celebrations including Lafayette. It also covers British responses to French events, and a volcanic eruption near Etna with village destruction in Italy.
Notice offers 470 acres on North Garden on Hardware Fork nine miles from Charlottesville near the new stage road from Charlottesville to Lynchburg. Described as a compact, well watered tract with 130 acres of low grounds and timber land of good quality. Terms ordinary. Land remains for sale until sold. Duke of Orleans of Philadelphia referenced in unrelated historical notes.
The African Repository notes varied acts of manumission and emigration to Africa. A Essex county family manumitted by a deceased gentleman is to sail with the society’s vessel, while a Norfolk-bound son sails for Africa. Donations total about 400 to 500 dollars. A Brodericksburg area lady plans to send fifty slaves, and a Montgomery County Maryland gentleman will manumit twenty for colonization, with others in Charlestown and Charlottesville arranging emancipation and transport. A New York man cites a Savannah slave offered option to join the American Colony in Africa, with the owner agreeing that his wife and children may go too. The freed range includes males 25 and females 21, with several already purchased for voyage readiness.
A dated letter from Moon cella Aug. 20 recounts two boys and a girl seized by Indians near a forest. The oldest boy later confesses his dreamlike tale of separation, prompting anger from parents and speculation about rescue routes and the fate of the trio.
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