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Escaped West Virginia slave

James Jackson offered a reward of $300 for the capture and return of "William." (Photo courtesy William Kerrigan)

Runaway slave "Charles" fled northern Virginia, crossing the Ohio River at St. Mary’s, then traveled about sixty miles north to the town of Barnesville, Ohio.

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