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Runaway Slave Reward Poster
May 10, 1855
A poster advertising a $100 reward to be issued by Marcus Du Val for his runaway "servant" Matthew Turner. The poster includes a physical description of the fugitive slave.
Petition for abolishing slavery and the slave trade in the United States
1849
Petitioners request that the Wisconsin government should petition Congress on the following: No new territories should be acquired by the United States unless a provision is included that prohibits...
Slave Catchers
1849
Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves.
Strange tunnel uncovered in Milton believed once refuge for runaway slaves
Nov 22, 1930
Janesville Daily Gazette
Pierre Sidell with Jug
1922
Pierre Sidell poses holding a small jug on her shoulder. She is wearing a face veil and headdress. From an undated (but probably 1922) article in the Kehl School of Dance scrapbook (M92-249): "Bur...
