A Guide to the Richard Haley Runaway Slave Account, 1779
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 25201
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Preferred Citation
Richard Haley Runaway Slave Account, 1779. Accession 25201, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of George H.S. King, 24 August 1960.
Biographical/Historical Information
Richard Haley was a slave of Simey Bowman of Washington County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
An account of fees charged to Richard Haley for running away from his owner, Simey Bowman, on 9 December 1778. The account was sworn before John Still in Washington County, Virginia, on 18 March 1779.