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Silas Quanomp

Silas Quanomp

Silas Quanomp is an unfree person, who was in Cape Ann, Massachusetts in 1735. He was a servant of Samuel Staniford and escaped from Samuel Staniford.

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  • Runaway
  • August 11, 1735
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    RUN-away from Capt. John Corney's Shop lying at Cape Ann, an Indian Man Servant named Silas Quanomp, belonging to Mr. Samuel Staniford of Ipswich: he is a well-set Fellow, has a large Scar on his Right Cheek down toward his Chin: His Hair is newly cut off. The said Stan…

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Advertisement. (1735). In Boston Post-Boy. America’s Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/doc?p=ARDX&docref=image/v2%3A1089C7C672FD2D48%40EANX-1089CBD3FB8E23B8%402354978-1089CBD4340E7638%403-1089CBD4C1A94330 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.] Courtesy American Antiquarian Society; accessed through Readex/NewsBank

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