Cuffee - COO17
Title
Cuffee - COO17
Identifier
COO17
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
September 23, 1756
Trade
Cooper
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Mel St. John
Home
Mel St. John's Plantation on Johns Island
Home Location
Johns Island, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Mel St. John
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY the beginning of last June, from my plantation on John’s Island, 2 negro men, one named Cupid, a bricklayer by trade, the other named Cuffee, a cooper, both well known in Charles Town and in most parts of the country. Whoever brings one or both to me, or to the work-house, shall have a reward of 20 Ł for the former, and 10 for the latter; and whoever gives notice of their being harboured by any white person, shall have a further reward of 20 Ł if convicted by a white man, or 10 Ł if by a negro.
MEL. ST. JOHN.
MEL. ST. JOHN.
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