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Peter - GA-COO14

Title: Peter - GA-COO14
Identifier: GA-COO-14
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: Gazette of the State of Georgia
Date: December 18, 1783
Trade: Cooper
gender: Male
Enslaver: James Houston
events: 1. Self-emancipated from James Houston
Transcription: Ten Guineas Reward. RUN AWAY, TWO NEGRO FELLOWS. Peter, a short black fellow, with a large mouth, about 25 years of age, had on when he went away a short blue jacket and oznabrig overalls. Jupiter*, a little fellow, about the same age. They are both coopers, and formerly belonged to Messrs. Morel and Keall; they are well known about Savannah. Whoever will deliver them to the Warden of the Workhouse, or to the subscriber, shall be entitled to one guinea for each; and as there is great reason to believe they are harboured by the Abercorn negroes and a white person at Monteith plantation, ten guineas will be paid to any information and bring the offender to conviction, and five guineas if a negro. JAMES HOUSTON. Savannah, Dec. 17, 1783. See also, JUPITER*, Appendix E, p. JAMES HOUSTON.