Tom - GA-COO5

Item

Title
Tom - GA-COO5
Identifier
GA-COO5
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
Georgia Gazette
Date
June 28, 1775
Trade
Cooper
gender
Male
Enslaver
Raymond Demere
Home
Plantation of Raymond Demere
events
1. Self-emancipated from Raymond Demere
Transcription
RUN AWAY from the subscriber, A NEGROE FELLOW, named TOM; he is about 21 years of age, about 5 feet 3 inches high, has his country marks, has also a scar on his belly, is well known about town, having formerly worked at the cooper's trade with Mr. Cunningham. A reward of twenty shillings will be paid to any person who will deliver him to the Warden of the Work House in Savannah, or to the subscriber at his plantation. RAYMOND DEMERE jun.
Item sets
Coopers