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John Brown- JA-CAR132

Title: John Brown- JA-CAR132
Identifier: JA-CAR132
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Cornwall Chronicle
Date: 1814-03-19
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: WM.P Walker
Home: Monteo Bay
Transcription: Montego-Bay, March 18, 1814. RANAWAY from the subscriber early on Wednesday morning, a negro man boy named Jack, alias John Brown, by trade a Carpenter: he was met between this place and Falmouth, going to Windward, and enquiring the road to Town. He is a stout black good looking negro, and is marked both shoulders W, in a square, and has the marks of a flogging on his back. When he was met he was in company with a mulatto boy belonging to CASANDRA GREGORY, named Denga, who is also runaway, and had a saew and bundle with them. – It is supposed that they will endeavour to get off the island, therefore all Captains of Ships are cautioned from employing them, and any person apprehending the above negro shall receive A Pistole by applying to the subscriber. WM. P. WALKER.
Type: Advertisement