Broadside for the return of the enslaved man, Arch, to Ignatious Davis

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Broadside advertising a reward for the return of an enslaved man named Arch. The broadside consists of printed carbon black ink on laid rag paper. In large letters at the top is printed [THIRTY DOLLARS / REWARD.] followed by smaller text, [RAN away, on the 22nd of August last, a handsome Negro Lad, named ARCH,]. The "ARCH" is in large text. This is followed by the details: [ABOUT twenty years of age - the property of the Subscriber - of a yellow complexion, talks sensible and artful, but if close examined is apt to tremble; he is rather under the size of a man, active-made, with small legs, and has a ridge or scar on the back of his neck.

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