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Re: freeing the slaves
Posted by: J. Gilleland-Rasheed (ID *****2368) Date: May 04, 2006 at 16:09:12
In Reply to: freeing the slaves by Audrey Childs of 345

Interesting question--I too would like to hear the answer. My assumption: There were numerous newspapers in the area at the time--and although it wasn't permitted legally, some of the free blacks and the slaves could read (example Harriet Jacobs from Edenton--escaped around 1840).



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