File:Female Runaway Slave, Illustrated Reward Broadside, Alexandria, Virginia, 1851.jpg

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Description Printed broadside, 18 x 12 in., with 2.75 x 3.5 in. illustration of young, female slave at top left, framed, 27.5 x 21.5 in. Boldly headed, 20 Dollars Reward!, the broadside continues...Ranaway in the month of June last, from the subscriber residing in Alexandria, Va., Negro Woman, Lucy, called Lucy Payne. With a detailed description of the runaway slave, in part: Aged about 50 years, well set and fleshy; full breast, front teeth decayed, greyish hair, the nail on one of her four-fingers injured...wears a handkerchief generally on her head. The broadside closes with a suggestion that she is likely being harbored in or near Tennelly Town or Washington City, where her husband George Payne resides. Signed in print by John Hooff. Printed at the Alexandria Gazette Office, Alexandria, VA, February 19, 1851.
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