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Title
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Tom - GA-COO5
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Identifier
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GA-COO5
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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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June 28, 1775
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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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Raymond Demere
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Home
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Plantation of Raymond Demere
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Raymond Demere
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Transcription
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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.