Tony(Bejamin James)-NC-BLA19, NC-MUS2, NC-FID4

Item

Title
Tony(Bejamin James)-NC-BLA19, NC-MUS2, NC-FID4
Identifier
NC-BLA19, NC-MUS2, NC-FID4
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
Source
Edenton Gazette and North Carolina General Advertiser
Date
January 6, 1808
Trade
blacksmith,fiddle
gender
male
Enslaver
John Walker
events
1.Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER John Walker.2. Passed for a free man under the alilas Benjamin James.
Notes
This craftsperson is also found in the following collections;blacksmith, fiddler.
Transcription
25 Dollars Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday, the 25th ult. a negro man named TONY, by trade a blacksmith. He is about 24 years of age, 4 feet 9 or 10 inches high, and very yellow. One of his feet (I believe the right one) has been broken a little below the instep, from a fall a straining a horse, which causes him to limp considerably. He carried off with a him a variety of clothes, amongst which was a darker new surtout coat; and has, I have reason to believe, a good deal of pocket money with him. His aim, no doubt is some of the Northern states. He sometimes plays on the fiddle. I will give the above reward and all reasonable reward and all reasonable expences, if brought home to me, or confined in any goal so that I get him again. John Walker. Plymouth, Jan. 2, 1808. tf93 Since I arrived in this place, I have been informed by the stage driver, that he took up the above fellow on the road, between this and Suffolk, who he conceived, from his colour and appearance, was free-born. He passed by the name of BENJAMIN JAMES, and said he was from Newbern, where he had worked at the silver-smiths's business; but finding little employ, he was determined to try some part of the Northward. He passed as a passenger in the stage, and stopped at the different inns, until he arrived within a small distance of Suffolk, when the stage-driver dropt him. J.W. Edenton, Jan 4. 1808.
homeLocation
Plymouth, NC
Type
Advertisement
Item sets
Blacksmiths
Fiddlers
Musicians