Broadside advertising a $150 reward offered by A. Jackson Smoot, Charles County, Maryland, for the capture of a 40-year-old Negro man named Nace Dorsey., 1860 July 15

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Identifier: D01359

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.