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Portsmouth- MA-FIDD4

Title: Portsmouth- MA-FIDD4
Identifier: MA-FIDD4
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Boston Gazette
Date: July 15, 1746
Trade: Fiddler
gender: Male
Enslaver: Robert Temple
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Robert Temple
Notes: Compiled from Antonio Bly
Transcription: Ran away on the 3d instant, a Negro Man named Portsmouth, aged about 40 Years, of middle Stature, walks Limping and Sp’a-footed, talks good English, and plays on the Fiddle, he carried with him an Orange coloured Coat with yellow meal Buons, a Wast Coat of thin Stuff, and Cloath Breeches. Whoever takes up said Fellow is dressed to convey him to Robert Temple at his House in Charlestown, and they shall have Five Pounds Reward old Tenor, and all necessary Charges paid.