Life and Confession of the Noted Outlaw, James CopelandUniversity Press of Miss., 1980 - 237 pages Confessions of a Southern Mississippi outlaw of the 1830's and 1840's. |
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Page 73
... boat up to Shreveport ; there fit out the skiff and go up the river trading , until the opportun- ity to steal the negroes is offered . This arrangement understood , Harden proposed to join us ; go to Cincinnati with us , and take ...
... boat up to Shreveport ; there fit out the skiff and go up the river trading , until the opportun- ity to steal the negroes is offered . This arrangement understood , Harden proposed to join us ; go to Cincinnati with us , and take ...
Page 77
... boat , and took in all their dunnage , and the other seven negroes . Upon their positive de- claration that Harden was not concerned he was re- leased , and a little after dark they rowed down to the village . Welter placed his three ...
... boat , and took in all their dunnage , and the other seven negroes . Upon their positive de- claration that Harden was not concerned he was re- leased , and a little after dark they rowed down to the village . Welter placed his three ...
Page 88
... boat for St. Louis , where we were to meet him on a certain day ; but each of us was now to travel in separate boats . McGrath set out the next day ; two days after Wages left ; and one day after that I took a boat , and we all met at ...
... boat for St. Louis , where we were to meet him on a certain day ; but each of us was now to travel in separate boats . McGrath set out the next day ; two days after Wages left ; and one day after that I took a boat , and we all met at ...
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