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Title
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Jack Sharp- JA-COO38
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Identifier
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JA-COO38
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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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Royal Gazette
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Date
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1811-06-08
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Enslaver
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Alex Donaldson
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Home
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Kingston
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Transcription
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Kingston, June 10, 1811. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. LIST and Description of NEGROES and other SLAVES, belonging to NONSUCH and UNITY Estates, in the parish of ST. MARY, who have been Absentees and Runaways (with many others belonging to said Properties, who have been secured,and come in) since 20th March last, viz. – BELONGING TO NONSUCH. 1. CALEB WILLIAMS, (Mulatto) a Carpenter, about 5 feet 8 inches high, well made, about 28 years of age. 2. ARCHIE EDWARDS, (Sambo) Carpenter and Tailor by trade, 5 feet 6 inches, round face, good looking, about 20 years of age. 3. SAM, a Mason, 5 feet 8 inches, stout made, about 20 years of age. 4. QUAM, a Driver, 5 feet 5 inches, very stout, about 40 years of age. 5. STREPHON, a Carpenter, 5 feet 6 inches, stout made, about 22 years of age. 6. CHARLES, a ditto, 5 feet 4 inches, lusty and stout, about 22 years of age. 7. JACK SHARP, a Cooper, of the Mungola country, 5 feet 4 inches, stout made, lost his fore teeth, about 23 years old. 8. YOUNG, a Cooper, of the Mungola country, 5 feet 8 inches, lusty, and very black, lost his fore teeth, about 23 years old. 9. JEREMY, a Cooper, a creole, 5 feet 5 inches, stout and lusty, about 25 years of age. 10. PHILANDER, of the Mungola country, 5 feet 9 inches, stout made, and well-looking. 11. FOX, of ditto ditto, 5 feet 5 inches, yellow complexion, very lusty, and has a sore leg. 12. SMART, an Eboe, 5 feet 5 inches, stout and very black, has a swelling above his navel. 13. ALFRED, a Coromantee, 5 feet 8 inches, stout made, and about 25 years old. 14. EMANUEL, a creole, 5 feet 9 inches, slender made, and about 30 years old. 15. SOMERSET, an Eboe, 5 feet 9 inches, stout made, about 26 years of age. 16. ENGLAND, a creole, 5 feet 10 inches, long legs, bloated face, and about 20 years of age. 17. KENT, an Eboe, 5 feet 4 inches, slender made, about 22 years of age. 18. BEN, a creole, tall and well made, about 5 feet 10 inches, and about 20 years old. 19. LONDON, a ditto, sambo complexion, 5 feet 4 inches, and about 23 years old. 20. BACCHUS, a Chamba, 5 feet 4 inches, short and lusty, and abour 30 years old. 21. PRINCE, a creole, 5 feet 4 inches, slender made, active, and about 18 years old. 22. LOVE, a creole woman, 5 feet, slender made, and about 30 years of age. 23. NAT EDWARDS, a child, about 10 years of age, well made. 24. JOHN, (Love’s child) a boy, about 9 years of age. BELONGING TO UNITY. 1.PRINCE, about six feet high, stout made, good countenance, and yellowish complexion. 2.WILIAM, about 5 feet 6 inches high, stout made, black complexion, and lisps in his speech. 3.ABEL, 5 feet 8 inches high, slim made, yellow complexion, and has lost some of his front teeth. 4.COOPER, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout made, black complexion, and ruptured. 5.JUMPER, 5 feet 10 inches, stout made, black complexion, and has a mark of a cut on his forehead. 6.SMART, 6 feet high, stout made, black complexion, thick lips, and speaks good English. 7.CUDJOE, 5 feet 9 inches, slim made, active, black complexion, and speaks good English. 8.CATO, 5 feet 6 inches, coal black, bad ulcer on one of his legs. 9.PETER, 4 feet 10 inches, ditto, slim made, with a bad countenance. 10.DOLLY, 5 feet 10 inches, coal black, and stout made. 11.ABBA, 5 feet 8 inches, ditto ditto, and supposed to be pregnant. 12.AMELIA, 5 feet 6 inches, yellow skinned, strong voice, thick lips, and stout made. 13.SUSANNAH, 5 feet 9 inches, coal black, slim ade, and generally of a sulky disposition. 14.DANIEL, runaway since 1807. The above Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paid to whoever can prove to conviction by whom these Slaves, or any of them, are harboured; and FORTY SHILLINGS for each will be paid for lodging them in any workhouse, giving information thereof, or delivering them on the said estates, in St. Mary. Three of the said Negroes have been seen by Negroes in this city, and there is strong ground of suspicion that some of the are concealed in St. Thomas in the Vale and St. George, where parties of Maroons have been employed some time in search of them, but hitherto with little success. ALEX. GRANT, Actg. Trustee and Executor on Estate of Alex. Donaldson, dec
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