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Title
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John- JA-CAR35
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Identifier
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JA-CAR35
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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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February 21 1791
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Trade
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Carpenter
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Taylor
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Home
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Manchionel
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events
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Belonged to John Taylor and attempted to run away with his wife- Lizy
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Transcription
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Ran away, this day from Hopewell Plantation three Negro men and one woman: JOHN, by trade a carpenter, is a stout, well-made, good-looking man, about 32 years of age, and about 5 ft. 6 in. high; is very sensible, and civil in his manners, and generally clean in his dress, commonly wearing white jacket and breeches; he had also when he went away, a new blue knapped greatcoat, and hat. LIZY, his wife, is a thin little woman, about 5 ft. 3 in. high, and about 30 years of age, is generally dressed in a white woolen or oznaburg jacket, and had when she went away, a piece of new blue knapped blanketing not made up. SAMPSON, is a stout man, about 35 years of age, and about 5 ft. 5 in. high; is a cunning, artful fellow, but generally shabbily dressed; he wore when he went away, a new blue knapped greatcoat. JOE, is a man about 36 years of age, and about 5 ft. 6 in. high; he is a sensible fellow, and pretends to be very religious**; he is much pitted with the smallpox, is sickly, and was a good deal swelled about the feet and ankles when he went away, at which time he wore a blue knapped great coat. Being all American Negroes, they speak good English, and will probably attempt to pass for free people; but they are all branded on the left shoulder with the letters I M. They went off in a canoe, in company with some other Negroes of as adjoining plantations, with an intention probably of going over to Cuba; but as the weather was very bad, it is presumed they would go to leeward along-shore, and make a landing in some distant parish. Any person apprehending the said John and wife Lizy, and lodging them in any gaol or workhouse within the island, shall receive a reward of five Pounds for each of them, and a Pistole for each of the other two, by applying to Mr. John Taylor, Merchant, in Kingston, or the Subscriber. JOHN MURRAY.
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Type
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