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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American women--History, Women artisans

South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal

June 9, 1772

Seamstress

Female

Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith's plantation at Ponpon

Ponpon/Jacksonboro, Colleton County, South Carolina

1. Formerly enslaved by John Elias Hutchinson
2. Self-emancipated from Thomas Smith

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RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber, at Ponpon, in the night of Tuesday the 24th March last, a short, thick, likely, mustee wench, named ROSE , about 25 years of age, the has always been brought up to the house, and is a very good seamstress; she carried away with her several different suits of cloaths, of which was a habit of green plains, and one blue, with her summer cloaths, its supposed with a design never to return to her owner; she formerly belonged to Mr. John Elias Hutchinson, at Chehaw, where she has many friends and relations, and is supposed will be harboured by some of them. Who-ever apprehends the said wench, and delivers her to the warden of the work house in Charles-Town, or to the subscriber, shall receive TWENTY POUNDS, with reasonable charges; FIFTY POUNDS, with reasonable charges; FIFTY POUNDS to a white person, and TWENTY POUNDS to a negro, who will give information by whomsoever she is harboured, so that the offender may be brought to justice, being determined to prosecute such, with the utmost rigour of the law.
THOMAS SMITH