Will - BLA2
Title
Will - BLA2
Identifier
BLA2
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
October 13, 1757
Trade
Blacksmith
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Mr. Wright
Home
Mr. Wright's Plantation at Wambaw
Home Location
Berkeley County, South Carolina
Events
1. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Herman Gieger at Congarees
2. Self-emancipated from Mr. Wright
2. Self-emancipated from Mr. Wright
Item Type
Advertisement
Notes
The advertisement mentions to return Will to Mr. John Jordan at Wambaw. The advertisement was placed by David Graeme.
Transcription
ALSO run away, from Mr. Wright's plantation at Wambaw, about the same time, a negro fellow named Will, a short square-made yellow fellow, a blacksmith by trade, and speaks very good English, and has lost all his toes by the frost; he formerly belonged to Herman Gieger at the Congaree's, and is supposed to be gone that way.
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