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Will- JA-MAS22

Title: Will- JA-MAS22
Identifier: JA-MAS22
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Royal Gazette
Date: October 26, 1791
Trade: Mason
gender: Male
Enslaver: John Burd
Home: Clarendon
Transcription: Ran away, from Charing-Cross Plantation in this parish the property of ROBERT ROSS, Esq., about the month of July last, the two following Negro men, viz., WILL, a black-complexioned fellow, middle-size, by trade a mason; is often seen about Spanish Town; he talks good English, and is very artful. BOB, a young creole fellow, about 5 ft. 5 or 6 in. high, marked on the shoulder RR, black complexion, talks good English; has a mother in Kingston, and a brother in Liguanea Mountains, between which two places he is supposed to be harboured. Whoever will lodge the above slaves in any gaol or workhouse, or deliver them to William Ross, Esq., Richmond, St. Mary, or the Subscriber in Clarendon, shall receive a Pistole reward for each; and whoever harbours them, or either of them, may depend upon being prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law. JOHN BURD.
Type: Advertisement