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$50 reward.

--Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery in Mr. Lumpkin's of a slave man named Joe. He is well known in the city by overseers of tobacco factories, having been hired in Mr. Greanor's factory for many years. He usually calls himself Joe Banks. The said boy is of small size, black, and wears a black silk hat; belongs to the estate of the late Wm. ; was been going at large for twelve months; was apprehended a few months past and broke out of jail.

ap 24--6t

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