London - CAR52
Title
London - CAR52
Identifier
CAR52
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
Gazette of the State of South Carolina
Date
January 20, 1779
Trade
Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
John Brailsford
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from John Brailsford
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
One Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber some time last month, a Mustee Fellow named BILLEY, a Carpenter by trade; he is stout and well made, about five feet ten inches high, has a scar on one of his cheeks, is very artful and Probably may be a working at his trade about the town: A reward of one hundred Pounds is hereby offered to any person giving information of his being harboured by a white person, and twenty if by a negro, to be paid on conviction of the offender. And twenty pounds will be paid for the delivery of him in Charlestown to the subscriber.
JOHN BRAILSFORD.
RUN away from the subscriber some time last month, a Mustee Fellow named BILLEY, a Carpenter by trade; he is stout and well made, about five feet ten inches high, has a scar on one of his cheeks, is very artful and Probably may be a working at his trade about the town: A reward of one hundred Pounds is hereby offered to any person giving information of his being harboured by a white person, and twenty if by a negro, to be paid on conviction of the offender. And twenty pounds will be paid for the delivery of him in Charlestown to the subscriber.
JOHN BRAILSFORD.
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