Broadside for the return of the enslaved man, Arch, to Ignatious Davis
date: label: Date
content: 1791
name: label: Issued by
content: Ignatious Davis, American, 1759 - 1820
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Broadside advertising a reward for the return of an enslaved man named Arch.
label: Description
content: 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:
label: Description
content: [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. He had on and took with him, a new Russia-sheeting shirt, an old Irish linen, and an old country linen ditto, a pair of old black everlasting breeches, a pair of oznabrig trousers, and an old hat, though he probably will part from his cloaths, and procure others if an opportunity offers.
label: Description
content: I live in Maryland, near Frederick-Town, and will pay the above Reward, if the said fellow be taken Sixty miles, or any further distance from hom; or a Half Dollar per mile, for any distance under, in case he be secured in any goal, to that I get him again; and if brought home reasonable charges, by.]
label: Description
content: This text is followed by [IGNATIOUS DAVIS.] and is dated [Frederick-County, September 7, 1791]. At the bottom of the sheet, beneath two horizontal lines is [Frederick-Town: Printed by JOHN WINTER.]. There are no marks or inscriptions on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alice Simon/Bernton Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.113
objectType: label: Type
content: broadsides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: black carbon ink on laid rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/2 × 8 in. (24.1 × 20.3 cm)