Dick - SHOE16
Title
Dick - SHOE16
Identifier
SHOE16
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
May 14, 1772
Trade
Shoemaker
Gender
Male
Enslaver
David Hopkins
Home
David Hopkins's house on the Broad River
Home Location
South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from David Hopkins
2. Passed for a free man
2. Passed for a free man
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
One Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN AWAY, or STOLEN from the Sub-scriber, the 29th of September last, a mulatto Fellow, named DICK, of a middle Size, a little Bow-Kneed, a small Scar on his left Knee, and about Twenty Years of Age ; can work at the shoe marker's Business.—He has endeavored to pass by the Name of JOHN, or TOM MACKLIN. The last Accounts of him were from the Head of Tyger River, Where he was a couple of noted Villiant, George Bennet and Joseph Dosay, who have now a Hue and Cry after them. Any Person that will secure the said Slave, and deliver him to me on Broad River, near the Fifth Ford, shall receive the above Reward— He is a remarkable Whistler, and plays on the Violin.
DAVID HOPKINS
RUN AWAY, or STOLEN from the Sub-scriber, the 29th of September last, a mulatto Fellow, named DICK, of a middle Size, a little Bow-Kneed, a small Scar on his left Knee, and about Twenty Years of Age ; can work at the shoe marker's Business.—He has endeavored to pass by the Name of JOHN, or TOM MACKLIN. The last Accounts of him were from the Head of Tyger River, Where he was a couple of noted Villiant, George Bennet and Joseph Dosay, who have now a Hue and Cry after them. Any Person that will secure the said Slave, and deliver him to me on Broad River, near the Fifth Ford, shall receive the above Reward— He is a remarkable Whistler, and plays on the Violin.
DAVID HOPKINS
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