Tom - BRIL8
Title
Tom - BRIL8
Identifier
BRIL8
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Bricklayers
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
September 23, 1756
Trade
Bricklayer
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Jacob Martin
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Hired out by Jacob Martin
2. Self-emancipated from Jacob Martin
3. Hired himself out
2. Self-emancipated from Jacob Martin
3. Hired himself out
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
MY negro fellow Cuffee (with a wooden leg) frequently hiring himself out without my knowledge, whereby I am defrauded of his wages: This is forbid the hiring of him but of me, on pain of prosecution. - I have also a well known very good negro bricklayer (named Tom) to hire out by the month or year. And a brick house in Union Street, to lett, situate at the corner of Unity Alley, and very commodious for business. Inquire of JACOB MARTIN.
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