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Henry Bull

Henry Bull

Henry Bull is an unfree Narragansett young man, with age given as about 18, who was in Hopkington, Rhode Island in 1803. He was a servant of Hezekiah Babcock and escaped from Hezekiah Babcock.

STOP HIM!! RAN away from the subscriber on the 19th

  • Runaway
  • December 19, 1803
  • STOP HIM!!

    RAN away from the subscriber on the 19th of December last, an apprentice Boy, named Henry Bull, an Indian of the Narraganset tribe, about 18 years of age. Had on when he went away, a full cloth grey jacket and pantaloons, and a striped flannel shirt. Carried away with him a bund…

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STOP HIM!! RAN away from the subscriber on the 19th . (1804). In Connecticut Gazette. James Parker; America’s Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.revproxy.brown.edu/apps/readex/doc?p=EANX&t=pubname%3A1036CCAC76876960%21Connecticut%2BGazette/year%3A1804%211804/mody%3A0118%21January%2B18&year=1804&docref=image%2Fv2:1036CCAC76876960@EANX-103BC732E0A4CB8C@2379974-103BC73344A17C77@2-103BC7342F304C60&origin=image%2Fv2%3A1036CCAC76876960%40EANX-103BC732E0A4CB8C%402379974-103BC732EEF79550%400 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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