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Committed Suicide

Summary

A slave named William Davis of Fairplay committed suicide by hanging himself. It was said that he had "too great an intimacy with a white girl" and feared what might be done to him, so killed himself. [from Boonsboro' Odd Fellow]


Article Source

Newspaper: The Valley Register

Publication Date: November 18th, 1859

Page/Column: 2C

Town: Middletown, MD

County: Frederick

Subjects

  • African Americans

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