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

South-Carolina Gazette and Country Journal

April 19, 1774

Blacksmith

Male

Benjamin Simons

Benjamin Simons's Home

Charleston, South Carolina

1. Formerly enslaved in New York
2. Self-emancipated from Benjamin Simons

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RUN-AWAY from the subscriber about the 23d day of July last, a negro man named PRINCE, he is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, has a blemish in one eye, which was caused by small pox; he had on when he went away, a blue waistcoat, and a pair of light coloured breeches. He was brought up to the blacksmiths business in New-York. He was seen a few days after he absented himself, with a cart, about five miles from town. Whoever will deliver said negro man to me in Charles-Town, or to the warden of the work house, shall receive FIVE POUNDS currency reward, and all reasonable charges, from
BENJAMIN SIMONS