Joe - COO42
Title
Joe - COO42
Identifier
COO42
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
State Gazette of South Carolina
Date
May 5, 1785
Trade
Cooper
Gender
Male
Enslaver
John Singellton
Home
John Singellton's Plantation
Home Location
Georgetown, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from John Singellton
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
Run away
From the Subscriber, the following Slaves, viz.
HECTOR of a yellowish complexion absconded when the British troops were in Charlestown, about 5 and a half feet high, about 32 years of age, very artful, and has lately been seen in Charlestown.
Moon, a dark Mulatto, about 5 and one half feet high, between 35 & 40 years of age, a carpenter by trade, plays the violin & well known in the city. He absconded in April, 1784.
Joe about 5 feet high, a cooper by trade, yellowish complexion, very artful, has lost one of his fore teeth, and is about 25 years of age; he has a wife at the plantation of the late Capt. Thomas Tucker in St. Andrew Parish, near Wappoo Cut, where he was lately seen. Five Guineas for each delivered to the Subscriber 15 miles from Georgetown.
John Singellton.
From the Subscriber, the following Slaves, viz.
HECTOR of a yellowish complexion absconded when the British troops were in Charlestown, about 5 and a half feet high, about 32 years of age, very artful, and has lately been seen in Charlestown.
Moon, a dark Mulatto, about 5 and one half feet high, between 35 & 40 years of age, a carpenter by trade, plays the violin & well known in the city. He absconded in April, 1784.
Joe about 5 feet high, a cooper by trade, yellowish complexion, very artful, has lost one of his fore teeth, and is about 25 years of age; he has a wife at the plantation of the late Capt. Thomas Tucker in St. Andrew Parish, near Wappoo Cut, where he was lately seen. Five Guineas for each delivered to the Subscriber 15 miles from Georgetown.
John Singellton.
Collection
Citation
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