Plea for free colored man held in prison in Savannah on suspicion of being a run away slave
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@ University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Note relaying news that a free colored man, Thomas Francis of Newport, son of Violet Francis, is being held in jail in Savannah "on suspicion of being a runaway slave. He has been there in chains six months & wishes Capt. Cooke to make some exertions to obtains his release -- refers to Robert Lawton of Newport."
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