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    Proclamation of outlawry by the Caroline County, Virginia Court against Jack, an enslaved man, belonging to Robert Powell. The proclamation authorizes the sheriff to raise men to apprehend Jack. It further absolves all persons from punishment for killing Jack. The proclamation is signed by Robert Farish and George Hoomes, justices of the peace for Caroline County, and is dated August 20, 1743.
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