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Isaac, GA-BUT1

Title: Isaac, GA-BUT1
Identifier: GA-BUT1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source: Georgia Gazette, Savannah
Date: 1/1/1789
Trade: Butcher
gender: MALE
Enslaver: Samuel Iverson (ad placer, enslaver)
Home: Home or plantation of Samuel Iverson
events: 1. Self-emancipated from Samuel Iverson
Transcription: R A N A W A Y From the subscriber yesterday, A NEGRO FELLOW, named ISAAC, about about six feet high, has lost one of his upper jaw fore teeth, and nearly ll his under jaw teeth on the left side, and has a small scar over his left eye near his hair; he came from the Delaware state about ayear ago, is an artful cunning fellow, very talkative, and endeavours to pass with strangers for a free man; he is well known in Savannah, as he has butchered and attended the market for Mr. Dickson some time; it is supposed he is harboured by some white person, as he has ben encouraged in making his escape by one Clark, a waggoner or barber. Any person who will deliver the said fellow to me, or the Warden of the Workhouse, shall receive TWO GUINEAS REWARD, and, upon conviction of any white person harbouring him, THREE GUINEAS. SAMUEL IVERSON. N.B. All persons are forbid to harbour or employ him in any manner. Savannah, December 29, 1788.
Type: Advertisement