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Toney

Toney

Toney is an unfree person, who was in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1711. He was enslaved by Nathaniel Norden, escaped from Nathaniel Norden and escaped with Rose.

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  • Runaway
  • October 3, 1711
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    RAn-away from their Master and Mistress at Marblehead, on Wednesday night, the 3d of this Instant October the following Indians, viz from the Honourable Nathaniel Norden Esq. An Indian Man, named Toney, a thin favour'd Man, of a middle Stature, and pretty elderly Counten…

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Advertisements. (1711). In Boston News-Letter. America’s Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/doc?p=ARDX&docref=image/v2%3A1036CD221971FE08%40EANX-10566240AE613DBD%402346277-10566240D3B0C78F%401-105662415F2BFC90 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.] Courtesy American Antiquarian Society; accessed through Readex/NewsBank

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