Sambo - CAR43
Title
Sambo - CAR43
Identifier
CAR43
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
May 24, 1773
Trade
Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
William McLaughlin (deceased)
Home Location
South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from William McLaughlin (deceased) and George Livingston (estate administrator)
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, on TUESDAY the 11th of MAY Instant, A Negro Fellow, named Sambo,
Belonging to the Estate of WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN, deceased; he is about Five Feet Eight Inches high, and about Twenty-one Years of Age, rather close kneed, a Carpenter by trade; has the lower End of his right Ear grown in a Knob, and has a Father at Mr. John Wragg’s, where probably he may be harboured. -- Whoever delivers the said Fellow to the Warden of the Work-House in Charles-Town, or to the subscriber at Cane-Acre, shall receive FIVE POUNDS Currency Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, by
GEORGE LIVINGSTON.
Belonging to the Estate of WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN, deceased; he is about Five Feet Eight Inches high, and about Twenty-one Years of Age, rather close kneed, a Carpenter by trade; has the lower End of his right Ear grown in a Knob, and has a Father at Mr. John Wragg’s, where probably he may be harboured. -- Whoever delivers the said Fellow to the Warden of the Work-House in Charles-Town, or to the subscriber at Cane-Acre, shall receive FIVE POUNDS Currency Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, by
GEORGE LIVINGSTON.
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