File:$ 10 reward for runaway slave "SMART" by Geo Willis Navy Agent Pensacola Gazette 22 Aug 1840 p 3.jpg

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English: This $ 10 reward for runaway slave know as "SMART" was placed by Navy Agent George Willis in the Pensacola Gazette in July 1840. Willis worked at the Pensacola Navy Yard in the 1840's and leased his bondsmen to the Navy.
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Source Pensacola Gazette, runaway slave reward for "SMART" dated July 22 1840,p.3 National Archives and Records Administration Washington DC
Author George Willis, Navy Agent Pensacola Navy Yard placed July 18 1840.

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