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Photograph and description of "Dolly" a runaway slave

Louis Manigault1863

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries
Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Contained in a journal compiled by Louis Manigault, a member of a plantation owning family from Charleston, S.C., this page describes the appearance, age, health, and time last seen of a slave woman named "Dolly." She disappeared in in Atlanta in on April 7th, 1863. The reward offered is fifty dollars.

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  • Title: Photograph and description of "Dolly" a runaway slave
  • Creator: Louis Manigault
  • Date Created: 1863
  • Transcript:
    $50.00 Reward!! Ran away from the Yard Corner of Jackson & Broad Streets, Augusta Ga. on the evening of Tuesday 7th April 1863 a Woman "Dolly", whose likeness is here seen. She is thirty years of age, light Complexion - hesitates somewhat when spoken to, and is not a very healthy woman - but rather good looking, with a fine set of teeth. Never Changed her Owner and has been a house Servant always. It is thought she has been enticed off by some White Man, being herself a Stranger to this City, and belonging to a Charleston family. For further particulars apply to Antoine Poullain Esqr Augusta Ga. Augusta Police Station Louis Manigault, Owner of Dolly
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  • Type: document
  • External Link: Manigault Family Papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries

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