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Georgetown College pays to capture Spalding, a runaway slave, 1805
In a letter from 1805, Leonard Neale, President of Georgetown College, wrote to his brother Rev. F. Neale that Spalding had ran away.
The following entries from the College Cashbook register payments for "going after A. Spalding," and paying…
"Spalding has runned away": Leonard Neale to Francis Neale on the management of the Missions, July 15, 1805
In a letter from 1805, Leonard Neale, President of Georgetown College, writes to his brother Rev. F. Neale and shares that Spalding has run away, presumably from the College.
The letter also mentions two other people who were possibly enslaved: "In…
The letter also mentions two other people who were possibly enslaved: "In…