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Buck

Buck

Buck is an unfree young man, age 23, described as Indian, who was in Warwick, Rhode Island in 1773. He was enslaved by Mary Greene and escaped from Mary Greene.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in.Warwick, an Indian Man,

  • Runaway
  • September 29, 1773
  • RUN away from the Subscriber, in Warwick, an Indian Man, named Buck, 23 Years of Age, five Feet three Inches high; has a Scar just above his Forehead, and another on one of his Feet, two of his upper Teeth are out, has a Roman Nose, and wears long black Hair; he plays tolerably on the Violin: Had…

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RUN away from the Subscriber, in.Warwick, an Indian Man,. (1773). In Providence Gazette. William Goddard and Mary Katharine Goddard; America’s Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/doc?p=ARDX&docref=image/v2%3A10380B58EB4A4298%40EANX-1056B116651B0215%402368938-1056B116940B02A5%402-1056B116F7AB14F2 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.] Courtesy American Antiquarian Society; accessed through Readex/NewsBank

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