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Stepney- MD-SHOE13

Title: Stepney- MD-SHOE13
Identifier: MD-SHOE13
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
Date: October 22, 1784
Trade: Shoemaker
gender: Male
Enslaver: Josias Hall
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Josias Hall
Notes: Compiled from Lathan Windley
Transcription: FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away, from the Subscriber, living in Harford County, near Spesutie Church, a NEGRO MAN, named STEPNEY, a Shoemaker by Trade, 37 or 38 Years of Age, 5 Feet 7 or 8 inches high, a black Fellow, and has lost one of his fore Teeth out of his upper jaw, has a small scar at the corner of his Eye; he took with him a blue Broadcloth coat, a white Kersey Jacket, some white and Tow-Linen Shirts, one Pair of striped Trousers and a Leather Hat. He is an artful Fellow, and probably may endeavour to pass for a free-man. Any Person delivering said Fellow to the Subscriber, if apprehended in the County, shall receive Fifteen Dollars, if out of the County, and above 30 miles from Home, Eighteen Dollars; if 40 miles, Twenty-one Dollars, and so in Proportion; and if 100 miles from Home, the above Reward, if secured in Gaol to that his owner may get him again, or if brought Home, reasonable charges, paid by
JOSIAS HALL.
Harford County, Oct. 21, 1784.