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Title
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Isaac - GA-CHA1, GA-SHOE5, GA-TAN1, GA-SAW1, GA-CAR31
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Identifier
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GA-CHA1, GA-SHOE5, GA-TAN1, GA-SAW1, GA-CAR31
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Tanner, Chairmaker, Shoemaker, Carpenter, Sawyer
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Source
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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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December 20, 1764
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Trade
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Tanner, Chairmaker, Shoemaker, Carpenter, Sawyer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Samuel Shelton
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Home
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On the James River
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Samuel Shelton
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Transcription
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TWELVE POUNS REWARD. RUN AWAY from the subcriber, living in the upper end of Albemarle county, on James River, the 31st of July last, a MULATTO MAN SLAVE named ISAAC, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, 35 years of age, has hazel eyes, has lost one of his upper fore teeth, has a flat nose, both of his legs are bumpy, onemore than the other, and has a bump on one of his hams about the bigness of a hickory nut; he stutters when he speaks fast, or is scaed; he carried with him a bearskin coat half worn, a white castor hat half worn, a pair of crocus trowsers, and some cloaths. The said fellow can hew, darw boards, tan leather, and make shoes and chairs. He may endeavor to pass for a free mulatto. Whosoever apprehends the said runaway, so that I may get him again, shall have 5 1. if taken in Virginia, and 12 1. if taken out of Virginia. SAMUEL SHELTON. Nov. 27, 1764.
