Morris - COO48

COO48

African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage

South-Carolina and American General Gazette

September 17, 1778

Cooper

Male

John Mitchell

John Mitchell's Fair Field Plantation

Moncks Corner, South Carolina

1. Self-emancipated from John Mitchell

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RUN away from my Plantation called Fair Field, four miles below Monk's Corner in August last, eleven men and women slaves, viz. Will a stout well fed fellow, by trade a carpenter, about 5 feet 9 inches high; Tobey, about 5 feet 5 inches high, without a toe on one foot; another fellow named Tobey, whom I lately purchased of Alexander Inglis Esq; and I suppose is harboured in Charlestown; Andrew, Bob, and Morris, the last a cooper, Kent, a carpenter, a most notorious villain, and carries sufficient eveidence thereof on his quarters being branded P on each; he is well known in the lower part of St. John's Parish, and it is though he is gone towards the River May; Also four wenches, Bess, Dina, Eva, and Phillis, whom I bought in town. I will give Fifty Dollars for apprehending and delivering Kent to the warden of the Workhouse, or myself, and One Hundred Dollars for all the rest or in proportion for each, together with all reasonable charges.

JOHN MITCHELL.