Willey - SHOE21
Title
Willey - SHOE21
Identifier
SHOE21
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
Source
State Gazette of South Carolina
Date
September 4, 1786
Trade
Shoemaker
Gender
Male
Enslaver
E. Ball
Home
E. Ball's house in St. John's Parish
Home Location
St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina
Events
1. Hired out in Charleston, South Carolina
2. Self-emancipated from E. Ball
2. Self-emancipated from E. Ball
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
Ten Pounds Reward.
ABSENTED himself from the subscriber the 25th instant, a likely slim young Negro Man, named WILLEY about six feet high, very black complexion, his dress osnabrugs and white negro cloth, and a blue great-coat; he has been patroon of a pettiauger for two years and therefore well known in Charleston, where it's thought he is; he can work a little at the shoemaker's trade and took with him some tools. The above reward will be given on his safe delivery to the Work-house, or to the subscriber in St. John parish.
All Masters of vessels and others are cautioned not to carry hi off the State.
E. BALL.
August 30th, 1786.
ABSENTED himself from the subscriber the 25th instant, a likely slim young Negro Man, named WILLEY about six feet high, very black complexion, his dress osnabrugs and white negro cloth, and a blue great-coat; he has been patroon of a pettiauger for two years and therefore well known in Charleston, where it's thought he is; he can work a little at the shoemaker's trade and took with him some tools. The above reward will be given on his safe delivery to the Work-house, or to the subscriber in St. John parish.
All Masters of vessels and others are cautioned not to carry hi off the State.
E. BALL.
August 30th, 1786.
Collection
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