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Title
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George- MD-COOK3, MD-BAHA1
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Identifier
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MD-COOK3, MD-BAHA1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Barber, Cook
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Source
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Annapolis Maryland Gazette
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Date
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August 12, 1784
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Trade
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Barber, Cook
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Thomas May
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events
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Self-emancipated from Thomas May
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Notes
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Compiled from Lathan Windley
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Transcription
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
August 3, 1784.
RAN away from Elk Forge, Cecil county, Maryland, on the 2d inst. August, 1784, negro GEORGE, about 35 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, slender bodied, thin visaged, not very black, plausible and complaisant; can speak pretty good English, a little French, and a few words of High Dutch; has been in the West Indies and in Canada; and as he was formerly a waitingman to a gentleman, has thereby had an opportunity of getting acquainted with different parts of America. His chief employ, latterly, has been in the kitchen and at cooking, at which he is very complete: is also a good barber. He has a variety of cloaths with him, and probably may procure a pass. ‘Tis thought he will endeavour to get off by water; therefore all concerned in that way are desired to take notice. Whoever will secure said fellow in any gaol, and give notice to the subscriber, so that he may have him again, shall receive the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home.
THOMAS MAY.
