Fanny- JA-SEA4

Item

Title
Fanny- JA-SEA4
Identifier
JA-SEA4
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
Royal Gazette
Date
August 21 1791
Trade
Seamstress
gender
Female
Enslaver
John T Harris
Home
Liguanea
Transcription
Liguanea, Aug 19, 1813 SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD Runaway from the Subscriber on the 1st of June last, a Creole Negro Girl, named Fanny, yellow skin, slim made, has lost some of her upper front teeth, stutters occasionally, and is an excellent Seamstress; also, on the 5th of last month, a Negro Man named JAMES, a Chamba, with his country marks on his face, and marked J. T. G. H. on both shoulders; he formerly belonged to James Smith, Esq. near Somerset, in Liguanea, and latterly was bought by the Subscriber from T.L. Yates, Esq. as attorney to Wm. Griffiths, Esq. […] JOHN T. G. HARRIS
Type
Advertisement
Item sets
Seamstresses