York - GA-SAW2

Item

Title
York - GA-SAW2
Identifier
GA-SAW2
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
Georgia Gazette
Date
April 26, 1769
Trade
Sawyer
gender
Male
Enslaver
William Coachman
Home
Home of William Coachman
events
1. Self-emancipated from William Coachman
Transcription
South Carolina, April 18, 1769. RUN AWAY from the subscriber, A NEGROE FELLOW, names YORK, or YORKSHIRE, born in this province, is a black fellow, speaks thick and stutters a little, he is a boatman and sawyer and SARAH, a tall Guiney wench, with her country marks down each side of her face, and her teeth look as if they had been filed. The said negroes have been seen lately in Georgia, taken up by the Creek Indians. Whoever will deliver them to the Warden of the Work house in Charlestown shall receive fifty pounds currency reward for each of WILLIAM COACHMAN.
Item sets
Sawyers