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Title
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Jack - GA-SAW3
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Identifier
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GA-SAW3
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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March 9, 1774
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Trade
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Sawyer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Peter Johnson
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Peter Johnson
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY, A NEGROE FELLOW, name JACK, about five feet eight or nine inches high, of a yellow complexion, can saw with a whipsaw and play a little on the fiddle, had on a brown surtout coat, leather breeches, and a very fine hat, wears a handkerchief about his head, had no shoes, but it's suppose bought a pair of new ones as he had money with him; it is thought he is gone to Carolina, where he was born. A reward of thirty shillings will be given to any person who will deliver him to me, and if harboured by a white person three pounds will be paid to whosoever shall give such information as to convict the offender. PETER JOHNSON. Savannah, March 8, 1774.
