Primus - GA-COO10

Item

Title
Primus - GA-COO10
Identifier
GA-COO10
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
Royal Georgia Gazette
Date
October 4, 1781
Trade
Cooper
gender
Male
Enslaver
Thomas Gibbons
Home
Home of Thomas Gibbons
events
1. Self-emancipated from Thomas Gibbons
Transcription
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber about ten days ago, A NEGRO MAN, named PRIMUS, about 30 years of age and 5 feet 6 inches high, much marked with the smallpox, speaks remarkably fast, he is a cooper by trade. Whoever will deliver him to me in Savannah shall have one guinea reward. THOMAS GIBBONS. Savannah, Oct. 1, 1781.
Item sets
Coopers