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title: Runaway Slave Poster, 1837
author: Wilbur Henry Siebert
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20435/runaway-slave-poster-1837/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-05-13
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# Runaway Slave Poster, 1837

_Authored by Wilbur Henry Siebert_

## Image File

[![Runaway Slave Poster, 1837](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20435.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20435.jpeg)

## Image Caption

Runaway Slave Poster, 1837, republished in "The [Underground Railroad](https://www.worldhistory.org/Underground_Railroad/) from Slavery to Freedom" by Wilbur Henry Siebert, Albert Bushnell Hart Edition: Published by Macmillan, 1898, pg. 26.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Siebert, W. H. (2025, May 13). Runaway Slave Poster, 1837. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20435/runaway-slave-poster-1837/>
### Chicago
Siebert, Wilbur Henry. "Runaway Slave Poster, 1837." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 13, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20435/runaway-slave-poster-1837/>.
### MLA
Siebert, Wilbur Henry. "Runaway Slave Poster, 1837." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 May 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20435/runaway-slave-poster-1837/>.

## License & Copyright

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