(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) VIRGINIA NOTICE This is to Certify t

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A FAMILY RUNS AWAY (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) VIRGINIA. NOTICE. This is to Certify that I have in my Possession, Three Negroes, Anderson, Lucinda and Her Child . . . which Negroes has absconded from Mecklenburg County, Virginia . . . Manuscript copy of a public notice, announcing the capture of a family of runaway slaves. Small folio leaf, 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; creases where folded; paper toned, writing lightly faded. Granville County, VA, 18 April 1821

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A rare notice apparently posted by slave owner who has regained his slaves from a slave catcher. The text continues: "The said Negroes have been in the possession of William Moody of Virginia. This is therefore to forewarn all persons from trading for said Negroes or Carrying them out of this County as they are my property, and have never been conveyed to said Moody in any way whatsoever. They are further forewarned from trading with said Moody, or his Agent for said Negroes, as they will be delt (sic) by as the law dictate." This is the first such document we have ever seen.