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Nero- JA-CAR107

Title: Nero- JA-CAR107
Identifier: JA-CAR107
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Saint Jago Gazette
Date: 1811-04-13
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Harding & Carmichael
Home: Spanish Town
Transcription: Spanish-Town, April 20, 1811. ABSCONDED, from the subscribers, in January, 1809, a carpenter negro, named NERO, a Chamba, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, stout and clumsy made, short sighted, marked with small-pox. And, in May, 1810, COLIN, a Congo, 5 feet 1 ½ inches high, lost some front teeth in both jaws; he has the mark of a sore on the outside of his right foot; and both negroes are marked on their shoulders NH: they are well acquainted and well known over most part of the island. One Doubloon will be given for each to any person securing each or either of the above runaways in any gaol or workhouse, or delivering them to the subscribers; and Four Doubloons on proving to conviction by whom either harboured. HARDING & CARMICHAEL.
Type: Advertisement