Moses - MS-BLA7

Item

Title
Moses - MS-BLA7
Identifier
MS-BLA7
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
Natchez Gazette
Date
July 29, 1818
Trade
Blacksmith
gender
Male
Enslaver
Samuel G. Cloud
events
1. Self-emancipated from Samuel G. Cloud
Transcription
Ten Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the night of the 25th instant, a Negro Man named MOSES, thirty years old, five feet six or seven inches high, black complected; a blacksmith by trade; his right eye lid hangs so as to give it the appearance of being half shut; one of this legs is shorter than the other, (which not particularly recollected;) the outer edge of his ears have been cut off down to the lobes. The above reward will be given for the delivery of said negro to the subscriber, and all reasonable expences paid, or if lodges in jail so that the subscriber can get him. Samuel G. Cloud. Franklin, July 29. 31——
Item sets
Blacksmiths