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Tom- JA-CAR108

Title: Tom- JA-CAR108
Identifier: JA-CAR108
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Royal Gazette
Date: 1809-09-23
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Robert Silvester
Home: Pimento-Grove
Transcription: Pimento-Grove, St. David’s, Sept. 26, 1809. WENT to Kingston on the 17th instant, and has since absconded, a Negro man, named TOM, of the Coromantee country, about 28 years of age, marked RS right shoulder, but supposed to be obliterated, middle stature, rather stout, and by trade a Carpenter; he stutters very much when interrogated, and his feet turn inwards; he was seen near Mammee-Bridge, St. Andrew’s, on the 19th instant. Whoever will lodge him in any Workhouse, giving notice thereof or deliver him to the subscriber, shall receive Four Dollars reward; and Ten Pounds to any person who can prove to conviction by whom he is harboured. ROBERT SILVESTER.
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