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Robert "Bob" Lindsey - CAR84

Title

Robert "Bob" Lindsey - CAR84

Identifier

CAR84

Subject

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

Source

South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal

Date

April 7, 1772

Trade

Carpenters

Gender

Male

Enslaver

John Ernest Poyas

Home Location

Charleston, South Carolina

Events

1. Self-emancipated from John Ernest Poyas
2. Passed for Free

Item Type

Advertisement

Transcription

RUN-AWAY on the second instant, from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Man, named ROBERT LINDSEY, commonly called BOB, a House Carpenter by trade, well known in Charles-Town, and passes, for a free Fellow. Whoever delivers him to me, or the Warden of the Work-House, shall receive TWENTY POUNDS Currency; and whoever will inform of his being harboured by a white Person, free Mulattoes or free Negroes, on Conviction of the Offender, shall receive a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, from
JOHN ERNEST POYAS
April 6, 1772.
N.B. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned against carrying him off the Province, as they will answer the same at their Peril.

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Robert Lindsey - CAR84 - 4-7-1772 p3.JPG

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