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Title
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Jack-NC- BOAT1
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Identifier
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NC-BOAT1
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Subject
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African Americans--History African Americans-- History--To1863
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Source
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New Bern, N.C. : Newbern Spectator and Literary Journal
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Date
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Decemeber 18, 1830
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Trade
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Boatman
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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James Simms
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homeLocation
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Edgecombe County, N.C.
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events
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1. Passed for a free man. 2. Self- Emancipated from ENSLAVER James Simms
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Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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$20 REWARD. RAN away from the Subscriber, living in Edgecomb County, N. Carolina, on the 12th day of August last, his negro man Jack; Said negro is about forty years of age, of a dark complexion, stout made, and rather over the common height: when in good health, he weighs from 175 to 180 lbs. His right leg has been broken a little below the knee, causing him to limp very bad when walking; on his left leg is a sore of several years' continuance; and on the back of one of his hands is a scar, occasioned by a knife. His face of common features, with a broad mouth, which, when laughing, he extends to an unusal degree. He may have obtained free papers from some malicious person, and probably will attempt to pass for a free man. He has been employed, at interveals, for a number of years, as a boatman on Contentea[Contentnea] Creek and Neuse River, between Stantonsburg and Newbern; and is well known in the latter place by the name of Capt. Jack. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver said negro to me, or confine him in any Jail within the limits of this State, so that I get him again. JAMES SIMMS. Edgecomb County, N. Carolina, seven miles west of Stantonsburg. December 10th, 1830. vt*
