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Title
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Hollow - NC-COO1
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Identifier
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NC-COO1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
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Source
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The North-Carolina Weekly Gazette
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Date
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May 5, 1775
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Trade
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Cooper
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Benjamin Blount
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homeLocation
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North Carolina
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Benjamin Blount
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Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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THIS is to give all Persons Notice, that there is a Negro Fellow named HOLLOW, detained from me, he is about 30 Years of Age, a short well set Fellow, has a scald Head, is a good Cooper, likewise a Corker, and is a sensible Fellow. Whoever will take the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, paid by -Benjamin Blount. March 10, 1775.