The following advertisement from the Freedom on the Move database inspired this text:

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
RUNAWAY or was STOLEN on 6th July last. A
YELLOW BOY by the name of PETER about
fifteen or sixteen years old, heavy made with
clumsy feet, otherwise he is hard to detect, being
very white with blue or yellowish eyes, straight
fair hair, very intelligent when spoken to; took
with him a new pair of white janes pantaloons
and a short coat, a pair of neat high quartered pin
bottomed shoes, new with buckskin strings in
them, a new hat, and other articles of clothes to
tedious to mention.

Text Authorship:

• by Crystal Simone Smith , copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Shawn Okpebholo (b. 1981), "Peter", subtitle: "A work song" [ voice and piano ], from Songs in Flight, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-04
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