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John - TAI15

Title

John - TAI15

Identifier

TAI15

Subject

African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans

Source

South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal

Date

January 12, 1768

Trade

Tailor

Gender

Male

Enslaver

Torrans, Poaug, & Co.

Home Location

Charleston, South Carolina

Events

1. Passed as a free man
2. Self-emancipated from Torrans, Poaug, & Co.

Item Type

Advertisement

Transcription

RAN-AWAY from the subscribers, on Thursday the 7th instant, a negro fellow, named JOHN, a Taylor by trade, did formerly pass for a free man, and is well known in and about Charles-Town and Dorchester ; he went off in a canoe about twenty-two feet long, and three feet and an half over, outside painted yellow, stem and stern sheets blue, had places for two masts, and an iron plate over her stern; in said canoe he carried away a mast, sail, and two oars, the masts painted red, with a shive in the head of it, for brails. A reward of FIVE POUNDS Currency will be given for delivery of said fellow to the warden of the house-house, and ONE DOLLAR for delivery of said canoe, sail and oars, by
TORRANS, POAUG, & Co.
N.B. It is strongly suspected he is gone towards Dor-chester, where he lately lived.


Files

John - TAI15 - SCGCJ - January 12 1768.png

Collection

Tailors

Citation


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