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Free Negroes on the Wing.

--On Wednesday last, sixty-three free negroes from Edgecourt county, North Carolina, crossed the Ohio river at Bellaire on their way to Zanesville. An old negro acted as leader of the party, holding the tickets, disbursing funds, &c.

The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 7, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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