May- JA-CAR10

Item

Title
May- JA-CAR10
Identifier
JA-CAR10
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
Jamaica Mercury
Date
March 11, 1780
Trade
Carpenter
gender
Male
Enslaver
David White
Home
Ginger Hall Plantation, St. Thomas in the Vale
events
1. Self-emancipated from David White
Notes
No home country listed
Transcription
Run away, the 15th of June last, from Ginger-Hall Plantation, in St. Thomas in the Vale, four creole Negro men, viz.: MAY, a short well made fellow, about 5 ft. high, by trade a carpenter. JOHN, a tall black fellow about 22 years of age. CUFFEE, yellow complexion, has an impediment in his speech. CUDJOE, a short, yellow fellow, with a big mouth and crooked legs. Also, LETTICE, a tall well made yellow wench; she wears a cross and passes for a free woman, and says her and her husband, May, are going off the country to the Spaniards. The above Negroes are all marked I C (except Lettice) [sic] and mostly on the cheeks; they are all well known in Spanish Town and Sixteen-Mile-Walk. It is suspected there are white people privy to their being run away, as well as old, infirm wenches about Mount-Olive Plantain Walk; Fecie's; and Mr. Cunningham's Mountain. The said fellow, May, is marked I C on both cheeks, and a piece cut off his right ear, which he endeavors to hide with a handkerchief. Also run away, on Sunday last, from the Subscriber in Portland, a Negro man of the Mundingo country named CORNWALL, by trade a coppersmith, well known all over North-Side, marked on the right shoulder D W, he was seen on Monday near Annotto Bay, with three women and a fellow, all runaway, on their way to Ginger-Hall to join the rest, and will attempt to get off the island. Cornwall is a good canoe-man. It is hoped no master of any vessel will take them off. Whoever apprehends all or any of the above Negroes and secures them in gaol, on giving information to the Subscriber, shall receive two Pistoles reward for each; but whoever harbours or employs any of the said slaves, may depend on being prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law. DAVID WHITE.
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Item sets
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