Title

General James Wilkinson's letter to Henry Thompson..., 1817. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

General James Wilkinson's letter to Henry Thompson stating that "25 negroes...have absconded or refused to work", 1817.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A14_288

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Rights managed

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30,2Mb (843,9Kb) / 8,6in x 13,7in / 2565 x 4113 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black library country escape letter text location century handwriting document ownership correspondence African American African-American owner afro-american slavery lettering public library escaping MONOCHROME fugitive United States of America 19th century slaver New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA escapee slave trade united states Unknown James Wilkinson cultural heritage Black History slave-owner Heritage Art fugitives slave owner enslaver escapees 19th-century slaveholder Schomburg Center for Research Correspondence Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture James Wilkinson General James Wilkinson