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Title
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Lancaster- JA-SAW6
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Identifier
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JA-SAW6
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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Cornwall Chronicle
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Date
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April 12,1777
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Trade
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Sawyer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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George Fisher
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Home
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Trelawny
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Transcription
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Run away, since the beginning of November last, the following Negro slaves, viz: DUKE, a stout, likely, well-made creole fellow, about 35 years old, of a yellowish complexion, no brand- mark, is much troubled with the crab-yaws about his feet. 10 JONATHAN, a short, thick, well- made fellow, about 23 years old, of the Portuguese [Congo] country, branded on both shoulders HA, ◊ on top, he has an impediment in his speech, is of a very black complexion and has often passed as free. JACK, a very good cook, and sawyer by trade. SAM, a small, Concaw [Canga] fellow, about 40 years old, of a black complexion, I believe branded on one if not both shoulders, HA, ◊ on top, and has lost all his fore-teeth, is by trade a sawyer. Also runaway in September last, a stout, likely, well-made, creole fellow named LANCASTER, about 40 years old, with bushy hair on his head, has lost the little toe of his left foot, no brand-mark, a sawyer by trade, and of a yellowish complection. The above slaves have been often seen on Montego Bay of late. Any person apprehending them, or any part thereof, and will deliver them to the Subscriber, or secures them in gaol, giving immediate notice thereof, shall receive twenty-five Shillings reward for each, and on proof of being harboured by a white person, the informer shall receive for each ten Pounds reward, and if harboured by a Negro, five Pounds, from GEORGE FISHER.
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Type
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