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Sharper- JA-BARB2

Title: Sharper- JA-BARB2
Identifier: JA-BARB2
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Jamaica Mercury
Date: April 30, 1779
Trade: Barber
gender: Male
Enslaver: George French
Home: Custom House, Kingston
Transcription: Ran away, from GEORGE FRENCH, Esq., to whom he was hired, a young Negro man named SHARPER, about 5 ft. high, of a slender make and marked on the black of the right shoulder with IE; he is a complete waiting-man and barber, and had on when he went away a pompadour coat, with frogs of the same colour. It is probable that he may attempt to pass as free, having already under an imposition of that kind taken a cruize in one of his Majesty's ships of war, by the name of Tom Jones. JAMES ELFORD.
Type: Advertisement