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Sambo- GA-COOK1

Title: Sambo- GA-COOK1
Identifier: GA-COOK1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source: Gazette of the State of Georgia, Savannah
Date: 2/24/1785
Trade: Cook
gender: MALE
Enslaver: Mrs. Pinkney (enslaver), Philip Minis (probable ad placer)
Home: Home of Mrs. Pinkney
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Mrs. Pinkney
Notes: Enslaved by a Mrs. Pinkney
Transcription: Five Guineas Reward. RUN AWAY, A NEGRO MAN, named SAMBO, a cook, belonging to Mrs.. Pinkney of Charleston; he is a short black fellow, somewhat marked with the smallpox, has lost three or four of his front teeth in his lower jaw, has thick lips, and stoops a little in his shoulders. All masters of vessels an others are forewarned from taking off the said Negro. The above reward will be paid by Philip Minis, on securing the said Negro in gaol.
Type: Advertisement