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Warrant and authority for Thomas Jansen. Warrant allows Jansen to detain the goods and chattels of Eli Hitchcock in his possession in the County of Onandaga in arrears of rent

Printed in the weekly Poughkeepsie Journal on September 5th, 1810, this runaway slave notice from one of the most prominent New Paltz families advertises the reward for the return of their slave, Harry. Slavery in the North, though thought to be much…