BCDA (Objects) · Will- JA-CAR134

Will- JA-CAR134

Title: Will- JA-CAR134
Identifier: JA-CAR134
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Cornwall Chronicle
Date: 1814-05-14
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: W.S Grinnon
Home: Montego Bay
Transcription: Montego-Bay, May 13, 1814. RANAWAY from Mr. WM. VERNON, with whom he was learning the trade of a carpenter, a Negro boy slave named Will: he is a tall slim negro, about nineteen years of age, very artful, and generally wears a Watch. He is very well known in Westmorland, having formerly resided at Geneva estate, and has been lately seen at negril where he was endeavouring to gett of the Island. Whoever will deliver the said slave to Mr. VERNON, at Mount-Vernon, or to the subscriber in this town, or lodge him in any workhouse, shall be suitably rewarded. W. S. GRIGNON.
Type: Advertisement