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Colin- JA-MAS16

Title: Colin- JA-MAS16
Identifier: JA-MAS16
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Cornwall Chronicle
Date: November 1, 1781
Trade: Mason
gender: Male
Enslaver: W H Ricketts
Home: Mount Ricketts
Transcription: Run away, a stout very black Negro man, about 5 ft. 9 in. high, named COLIN, of the Canca [Canga] country, speaks good English, and is by trade a mason. He is also a good cooper, has a large scar upon one leg, about the shin bone, a bad sore, and is supposed to be marked G R on one of his shoulders. He is well known in the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland, from working some time with Mr. John Whittaker, Mr. John Potts, Mr. Alexander Wilson, and others. Whoever will apprehend said Negro, and lodge him in the workhouse, Montego Bay, or send him
to Canaan or Mount Ricketts, in this parish, shall receive a Half-Joe reward. W. H. RICKETTS.
Type: Advertisement