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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Bricklayers

South Carolina Gazette

September 23, 1756

Bricklayer

Male

Mel (Meller) St. John

Mel St. John's John's Island Plantation

Johns Island, South Carolina

1. Self-emancipated from Mel St. John

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RUN AWAY the beginning of last June, from my plantation on John's Island, 2 negro men, one named Cupid, a bricklayer by trade, the other named Cuffee, a cooper, both well known in Charles Town and in most parts of the country. Whoever brings one or both to me, or to the workhouse, shall have a reward of 20, for the former and 10 for the latter; and whoever gives notice of their being harboured by any white person, shall have a further reward of 10 if convicted by a white man, or 10 if by a negro. MEL. St JOHN.