Description
The Platte City, Mo., Legion, edited by the traitor who disbanded his rebel company and ran into the woods when Capt. Prince made his appearance at Liberty, contains the following advertisement: RUNAWAY NEGRO—$250 REWARD.—The undersigned will give a $50 reward for the delivery of ANDERSON, a negro, if apprehended in Platte County, $100 is apprehended in any other County in the State of Missouri, and $260 if apprehended out of the State and delivered to me, or confined in some jail where I can get him, ANDERSON is a black negro, 19 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high; had on, when he left, white linen coat and pants, and took with him one pair black cloth pants and one of blue cotton. N. R. GREEN June 29, 1861. 28w3
We have already published a full description of this contraband, given the name of his former owner and stated that he was in Leavenworth earning an honest living by his daily labor. N. R Green has already lost $250 by being a traitor. We would suggest to him that an honest obedience to the Constitution of the United States and a cessation of hostilities toward Union men would save him the expense of advertising runaway slaves.Date(s) of Creation
7/3/1861
