Valentine - CAR94
Title
Valentine - CAR94
Identifier
CAR94
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
South Carolina and American General Gazette
Date
February 13, 1777
Trade
Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
John Chesnut
Home Location
Camden, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from John Chesnut
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward.
Run away from the subscriber in March 1776, a Negro Man named Valentine, born in Virginia, is about 34 years of age, speaks good English, and is very sensible and artful; he can read a little, and pretends to be very religious, is of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty strong made, has lost some of his upper jaw teeth, and has very thick lips, is a very good boatman and a tolerable good carpenter, very handy, and has been seen several times since he run away on Savannah-river, near Silver-Bluff. Any person that will deliver said negro to Aaron Leecock, Esq; in Charlestown, to Mr. Samuel Boykin at Granby, or to the subscriber at Camden, shall receive the above reward.
JOHN CHESNUT.
Run away from the subscriber in March 1776, a Negro Man named Valentine, born in Virginia, is about 34 years of age, speaks good English, and is very sensible and artful; he can read a little, and pretends to be very religious, is of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty strong made, has lost some of his upper jaw teeth, and has very thick lips, is a very good boatman and a tolerable good carpenter, very handy, and has been seen several times since he run away on Savannah-river, near Silver-Bluff. Any person that will deliver said negro to Aaron Leecock, Esq; in Charlestown, to Mr. Samuel Boykin at Granby, or to the subscriber at Camden, shall receive the above reward.
JOHN CHESNUT.
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