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Title
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Joe-NC-COO20, NC-SHOE6
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Identifier
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NC-COO20, NC-SHOE6
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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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Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser
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Date
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April 13, 1807
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Trade
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Cooper, shoemaker
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gender
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male
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Enslaver
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James Welborn
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homeLocation
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Wilkesborough, Wilkes county, N.C.
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events
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1. Passed for a free man. 2.Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER James Welborn.
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Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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This craftsperson is also found in the following collections, cooper, shoemaker.
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Transcription
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10$ Reward if taken out of the State, and 25$ if taken in the State. RUN AWAY, from the Subscriber, near Wilkesborough, N. Carolina, on the 21st of March, a NEGRO FELLOW, named JOE, about 26 years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, black skin, has a large beard for his age, and can read and write. I suppose he has a pass with him, and perhaps he is conveyed by some white man, or he may attempt to pass as a freeman. He is a good Shoemaker, a tolerable Cooper, speaks plain English, has a thin visage--is an arch, cunning fellow, can tell a smooth, plausible story. His cloathing not known. He stole and carried away with him, a small Bay Horse, about 14 hands high, branded with HB, if branded at all, has a snip in his nose, is a natural trotter, is well made, and shews[show] the Janus blood--he is marked with the Gears. The above Reward will be paid, together with all reasonable expences, if the said Negro is lodged in any Jail in the U. States, so that I get him again. I incline to think he has made for Tennessee. JAMES WELBORN. Wilkes County, April 1.
