Broadside offering a reward for fugitive slaves Lee, Bill, and Bushrod: Museum Object and Cultural History
Broadside offering a reward for fugitive slaves Lee, Bill, and Bushrod: Date: November 18, 1853. Printed by: Unidentified. Distributed by: George W. McCarty, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A broadside offering a $400 reward for three enslaved men, identified as Lee, Bill, and Bushrod, wanted as fugitives for escaping from enslaver George W. McCarty in Loudoun County, Virginia. The broadside is printed in black ink on grey paper with the heading [$400 Reward!] at the top. The text provides descriptions of the men’s appearances and personalities, identifying Lee and Bill as being 28 years old and Bushrod as 18 years old. At the bottom in large bold text is [GEORGE W. McCARTY, / November 18, 1853. Middleburg, Loudoun County, Va.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: November 18, 1853
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Distributed by: George W. McCarty, American
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: broadsides
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
- Place made: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Fugitive enslaved
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Slavery
- Object number: 2011.26.7
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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