Incidents in the life of a slave girl.: Written by herself. Edited by L. Maria Child.

The Flight. "$300 REWARD! Ran away from tile subscriber, an intelligent, bright, mulatto girl, named Linda, 21 years of age. Five feet four inches high. Dark eyes, and black hair inclined to curl; but it can be made straight. Has a decayed spot on a front tooth. She call read and write, and in all probability will try to get to the Free States. All persons are forbidden, under penalty of the law, to harbor or employ said slave. $150 will be given to whoever takes her in the state, and $300 if taken out of the state and delivered to me, or lodged in jail. DR. FLINT." 13 * 149

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Incidents in the life of a slave girl.: Written by herself. Edited by L. Maria Child.
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Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
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Boston,: Pub. for the author,
1861.
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Slavery -- Biography. -- United States

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