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Account from Sheriff J.W. Bates following the capture and subsequent escape of the negro Miles Walker who stole a mule and left for the "promised land" (Kansas) in 1879.

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Contact Information	For information or permission to use/publish, contact: LAColl@state.lib.la.us
Title	Account from Sheriff J.W. Bates following the capture and subsequent escape of the negro Miles Walker who stole a mule and left for the "promised land" (Kansas) in 1879.
Subject	United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana Steamboats Sheriffs Mules Robberies Escapes Fugitives from justice
Description	Text, September 5, 1879. Miles Walker starts for Kansas with Another Mans Mule. He is Captured at Hickman, Kentucky. Account from Sheriff J.W. Bates, who returned on the steamboat John Wilson following the capture and subsequent escape of Miles Walker who stole a mule and left for the "promised land" (Kansas).
Notes	Source: Weekly Advocate. September 5, 1879.
Publisher	Weekly Advocate (New Orleans, La.)
Date	1879-09-05
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Identifier	http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?&CISOROOT1=/LWP&CISOFIELD1=object&CISOBOX1=wp003697
Source	State Library of Louisiana (http://www.state.lib.la.us)
Language	en
Relation	http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/LWP
Coverage-Spatial	East Feliciana Parish (La.); Kansas; Hickman County (Ky.); Kentucky; New Orleans (La.)
Rights	Physical rights are retained by the State Library of Louisiana. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
Object File Name	wp003697
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