BCDA (Objects)

Title

Caesar - GA-CAR9

Identifier

GA-CAR9

Subject

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

Source

Royal Georgia Gazette

Date

January 18, 1781

Trade

Carpenter

gender

Male

Enslaver

William Panton

Home

Property of Panton

events

1. Formerly enslaved by Thomas Netherclift. 2. Self-emancipated from WM Panton

Transcription

RAN AWAY from the subscriber in East Florida some time in September last, A Negroe Fellow, anmed CAESAR, formerly the property of Thomas Netherclift, Esq. He is a tall slim mae fellow, speaks bad English for a country born, is by trade a carpenter, but having been used to go in a schooner may pass for a sailer. Whoever takes up the said fellow, and commits him to the Workhouse in Savannah, shall receive Two Guineas reward, and Ten Guineas to ant person or persons who will prosecute to conviction the person who harbours him now, or brought him from Florida. WM. PANTON. Jan. 10, 1781.