Joe - SHOE25
Title
Joe - SHOE25
Identifier
SHOE25
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
Source
South Carolina and American General Gazette
Date
February 4, 1780
Trade
Shoemaker
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Patrick Hinds
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Formerly enslaved by Charles Dewar
2. Self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds
2. Self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds
Item Type
Advertisement
Notes
Given the clues provided in the advertisement, it is plausible that Joe may have self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds's home at 20 Beaufain Street Charleston, South Carolina. Hinds listed 20 Beaufain Street as his address in the 1782 Charleston City Directory. For more, see John Hagy, The People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782 - 1802.
Transcription
Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
RUN away the 25th of December, 1779, a negro man named JOE, a thin black fellow, a shoemaker by trade, about 5 feet 7 inches high, 35 years old, formerly the property of Charles Dewar, deceased; had on when he went away, a blue homespun jacket and trowsers, this country born. The above reward will be paid when the said fellow is delivered in Charlestown to
PATRICK HINDS.
RUN away the 25th of December, 1779, a negro man named JOE, a thin black fellow, a shoemaker by trade, about 5 feet 7 inches high, 35 years old, formerly the property of Charles Dewar, deceased; had on when he went away, a blue homespun jacket and trowsers, this country born. The above reward will be paid when the said fellow is delivered in Charlestown to
PATRICK HINDS.
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