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Title
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Bacchus - GA-COO13
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Identifier
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GA-COO13
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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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Gazette of the State of Geiorgia
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Date
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July 10, 1783
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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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Mrs. Holms
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Home
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Home of Florence Sullivan
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Mrs. Holms
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Transcription
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Five Guineas Reward. THE above sum will be paid to any person who will aprehend and deliver to Florence Sullivan, of Savannah, A NEGRO, of the name of Bacchus, by trade a cooper, the head of a fmaily of negroes that went away from Mrs. Holms, widow of the late David Holms, Esq. deceased, in the year 1781. The above felllow lived on the plantation of Dr. Bryan until the Evacuation of this place, and is now supposed to be lurking about or concealed on some plantation within the vicinity of this town or Ogechee. The family he has with him consist of Betty his wife, Andrew a lad, Bacchus a boy, Sarah a small girl, and Bess a child. A guinea reward for each of those will likewise be paid by Mr. Sullivan upon their delivery to him at Savannah. The harbourers of the above negroes (unless they immediately deliver the up) may depend upon being prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law.
