Peter - GA-CAR23

Item

Title
Peter - GA-CAR23
Identifier
GA-CAR23
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
Gazette of the State of Georgia
Date
October 7, 1784
Trade
Jobbing Carpenter
gender
Male
Enslaver
John Hardy
Home
Sunbury
events
1. Self-emancipated from John Hardy
Transcription
RUN AWAY from the subscriber 19th September last, A Mulatto Fellow, named PETER, stout and well made, about 5 feet 10 inches high, 28 years of age, speaks good English, a jobbing carpenter, is handy about a house, but is fond of liquor. Whoever will apprehendsaid fellow, and deliver him to me in Sunbury, shall receive ten dollars reward; and if to the Warden of the Work-House in Savannnah all reasonable charges will be paid by JOHN HARDY. Sunbury, October 1, 1784.
Item sets
Carpenters