Abraham - CAB1

CAB1

African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American cabinetmakers, Cabinetmakers

South Carolina Gazette

January 1, 1773

Cabinetmaker

Male

John Fisher

John Fisher's Home in Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

1. Formerly enslaved by Stephen Townsend
2. Self-emancipated from John Fisher

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Run-Away, on Christmas-Day last, A NEGRO MAN, named Abraham. He is five Feet six Inches high, about Twenty-seven Years of Age, a Cabinet-Maker by Trade, and was formerly the Property of Mr. Stephen Townshend; Had on when he went away a blue Negro Cloth Coatee, a light or Drab coloured short round Jacket and Breeches.----- Ten Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges, will be paid on the Delivery of him to me in Charles-Town. If harboured by a white Person, a Reward of Forty Pounds will be given on Conviction of the Offender; and if by a Negro, Ten.
JOHN FISHER.