Warrants, 1809-1868
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Includes warrants concerning late payments, stolen property, fugitives from slavery, and assault. Records related to fugitives from slavery include:
• 1832 June 8: Chester County, Pennsylvania court report about a case involving Samuel Sleigh and Levi Henshaw. Henshaw, an enslaver, claimed Samuel Sleigh was an enslaved individual that escaped from slavery in Virginia in July 1825.
• 1843 June: Warrant issued by Robert Snodgrass for George, who escaped from slavery on May 28, 1943.
• 1843 June, July: Memo about the arrests and capture of George.
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