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Title
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Boson - GA-COO2
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Identifier
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GA-COO2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
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Source
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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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July 23, 1766
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Trade
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Cooper
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Miles Brewton
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Home
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Plantation of Miles Brewton
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events
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1. Self-emancipated form the plantation of Miles Brewton
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY from the onder my care, belonging to Miles Brewton, ESQ. in September last, a YOUNG NEGROE FELLOW, names BOSON, about twenty-two years of age, had been bought about two years, and unerstands something of the cooper business; he is about five and a half feet high, walk very brisk, an speaks pretty good English; he had a high forehead, and without any country marks, and had on white negroe cloth cloathes when he went off. Also RUN AWAY about the same time, a YOUNG MULATTO WENCH, named BECK, about 18 years of age; she is about five and a half feet high, has thick lips and a flat nose, thin in her person when she went off, but naturally lusty. Any person or persons who will take up the said slaves, or either of them, and deliver them to me, shall receive as reward of 50 l. South-Carolina currency for each; and any person that will give notice of either being harboured shall upon conviction of the offender, receive a reward of 100 l. South-Carolina currency. HUGH BURN.
