BCDA (Objects) · Frank- MD-CAR14

Frank- MD-CAR14

Title: Frank- MD-CAR14
Identifier: MD-CAR14
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenter
Source: Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
Date: June 1, 1779
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Clement Hill
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Clement Hill
Notes: Compiled from Lathan Windley
Transcription: FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Montgomery County,
May 29, 1779.
RAN away, from the Subscriber, on Thursday the 20th instant, a likely MULATTO Fellow, named FRANK, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, square made, has a thick bushy head of hair, is about thirty years of age, an artful rogue, and has a great deal to say for himself; he has lost the use of the third finger of one of his hands, so that he cannot shut it without the assistance of his other fingers; he is a carpenter by trade, and a pretty good workman; he has plenty of clothes, and I understand he has given out that he intends for Philadelphia, but I imagine he intends to take a passage down Patowmack, in order to get to the enemy. Any person who apprehends him, and secures him in a jail, if in the county, shall have 20 Dollars; if out of the county, 30 Dollars; and if out of the State, the above Reward, and reasonable charges allowed, if brought home.
CLEMENT HILL.