BCDA (Objects)

Title

Esther- JA-WASH1, JA-SEA1

Identifier

JA-WASH1,JA-SEA2

Subject

African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans

Source

The Royal Gazette

Date

February 18,1781

Trade

Washer

gender

Female

Enslaver

John Spencer

Transcription

Ran away, on the 20th December 1790 from the Subscriber, the following slaves, to wit; CHARLES, a creole sambo, has a remarkable mole of his upper lip, at times rather stammers in his speech; he is about 5 ft. 3 in. high; he is well-known at Rodney-Hall Tavern, being hired there to his father George Richardson for one year only, and that time has been long expired; he is also well known in Kingston, St. Ann, and St. Mary, having been many years employed in driving kitterines, in the service of Mrs. Elizabeth Taws, of this town. ESTHER, a creole Negro woman, 37 years of age, very good seamstress and washer-woman, has lost some of her upper teeth; she is about 5 ft. 4 in. high, has been frequently seen at the house of Mr. Robert Pitcairn, Senr., in this town, who has paid the Subscriber hire for the said Negro named Esther; she is well known in this town, Kingston, and Port Royal, where she has practiced hiring herself out without the Subscriber's consent. MARY, alias MARY SADLER, a creole sambo woman, has been marked with IS, S on top, but is now defaced, on both shoulders, yet the place remains much darker than the general colour of her skin; she is 34 years of age, has a bushy head of hair; she dresses as a free woman, with long ear-rings, wears shoes and stockings, and a high-crowned hat; she was hired to one Jackson a free man of colour, who died in this town a few days ago, and from him passed over to one Hodges, a free quadroon man, with whom the said Mary Sadler lived as his wife. Also WILL, alias WILL SADLER, alias WILL WADDELL, son to the above Mary Sadler; he is 11 years of age, has a curly head of hair of a light brown colour, is a little marked with the smallpox about his nose; he possesses a deal of drollery, very shrewd and sensible, and can tell the hour of the day from the clock. Whoever will apprehend all or any of the above slaves and lodge them in any gaol or workhouse of this island, shall receive a Pistole reward for each of the said slaves; and if any person will prove to conviction, that either of these slaves are harboured, from the date hereof, by any white person, shall receive ten Pounds reward, and if by any person of colour, shall receive five Pounds reward; all Captains and Masters of vessels are hereby cautioned against taking off any of the said slaves, as they may depend upon being prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law. JOHN SPENCER.

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