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Rachael

Rachael

Rachael is an unfree young woman, with age given as about 20, who was in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1861. She was enslaved by R. McDaniel and escaped from R. McDaniel.

$25 REWARD.

  • Runaway
  • September 3, 1861

  • $25 REWARD.

    THE above reward will be paid for the apprehension of a negro girl named RACHAEL. Her color is rather a dark red, being of Indian descent. She is crooked to some extent on the Shoulders, is of medium size, black curly straight hair, and tolerably intelligent, about 20 years old…

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$25 REWARD. (1861). In Fayetteville Weekly Observer (p. 1). Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/63245402/?article=01001f99-7c77-4743-b0cf-82f23f771ca0&terms=%22indian%22 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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