Runaway Slave Advertisement for Daniel (1826)

ID: 668 ~ Source: Western Times (6 July 1826), Historic Portsmouth Newspaper Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Date: 6 July 1826

This file appears in: Runaway Slave Advertisements in Portsmouth, Ohio: Recovering the Story of Harriet's Escape on the Underground Railroad

A runaway slave advertisement for Daniel, "about twenty-two years old," was published in the 6 July 1826 issue of the Western Times of Portsmouth, Ohio.

This file appears in: Runaway Slave Advertisements in Portsmouth, Ohio: Recovering the Story of Harriet's Escape on the Underground Railroad

Runaway Slave Advertisements in Portsmouth, Ohio: Recovering the Story of Harriet's Escape on the Underground Railroad

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

As a river town, bordering the slave state of Kentucky, the newspapers of Portsmouth, Ohio, would occasionally publish runaway slave advertisements, paid for by slaveowners in Kentucky, Virginia, and…