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Willie- NC-COO48

Title: Willie- NC-COO48
Identifier: NC-COO48
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: Wilmington Journal
Date: Ocotober 17, 1865
Trade: cooper
gender: male
Enslaver: Cynthia A. Ellis
homeLocation: Stantonsburg, N.C.
events: 1. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER Cynthia A. Ellis.
Type: Advertisement
Transcription: $50 REWARD,RUNAWAY NEGRO. RANAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, last February, WILLIE, a bright mulatto, about 30 years old, about five feet, six inches high, wore when he ran away, long platted hair; by trade a cooper, has a wife in the Georgetown District, (S.C.;) has a down look when spoken to. He is supposed to be now lurking about Wm.[William] or Jonathan Ellis', near Santonsburg, where he has relatives. The negro belongs to Miss Cynthia A. Ellis. All persons, black or white, are hereby forewarned under penalty of the law, not to harbor said negro. ROB'T.[Robert] BYNUM, Ag't. [Agent] Oct. 14th, 1856 33-3t--7-tf