Mariah Frances
Language: English 
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The following advertisement from the Freedom on the Move database inspired this text:

The New-Jersey Gazette
LEFT the Plantation of the Subscriber in
Wilkinson County, the 5th of March last, my
negro woman Mariah Frances, about 18 years
old of light complexion. Having purchased said
negro from Mrs. M. E. Blount of Milledgeville,
GA, it may be that she is lurking about that place,
or her Plantation in Washington County. I will
pay Twenty-Five dollars for the delivery of the
girl to me, or in any jail so that I can get her. If said
negro is harbored by any white person, I will pay
One Hundred Dollars for evidence to convict.
T.C. WHITEHURSET,
Gordon, Ga. May 20, 1839.


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