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John - CAR42

Title

John - CAR42

Identifier

CAR42

Subject

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

Source

South Carolina Gazette

Date

January 21, 1773

Trade

Carpenter

Gender

Male

Enslaver

Patrick Hinds

Home Location

Charleston, South Carolina

Events

1. Self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds

Item Type

Advertisement

Notes

Given the clues provided in the advertisement, it is plausible that John may have self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds's home at 20 Beaufain Street Charleston, South Carolina. Hinds listed 20 Beaufain Street as his address in the 1782 Charleston City Directory. For more, see John Hagy, The People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782 - 1802.

Transcription

RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man named John, About Forty Years of Age, by Trade a Carpenter, five feet Six or Seven Inches high, well set, a smooth-tongued Fellow, talks good English and may pass for a Free Man as he has done before. Whoever takes up the said Fellow and delivers him to the Warden of the Workhouse or to me in Charles Town, shall receive TEN POUNDS Reward and reasonable Charges paid by
PATRICK HINDS

Files

John - CAR42 - 1-21-1773 p2.JPG

Collection

Carpenters

Citation


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, “John - CAR42,” accessed June 19, 2025, https://archive.blackcraftspeople.org/items/show/129.

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