BCDA (Objects) · Mack- NC-CUR1, NC-TAN1

Mack- NC-CUR1, NC-TAN1

Title: Mack- NC-CUR1, NC-TAN1
Identifier: NC-CUR1, NC-TAN1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863,
Source: North Carolina Minerva and Raleigh Advertiser
Date: March 21,1803
Trade: tanner, currier
gender: male
Enslaver: James Smith
homeLocation: Fayetteville, NC
events: 1. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER James Smith.
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson is also found in the following collections; Tanner, Currier.
Transcription: Thirty Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, on the 13th March, two negro men named BOB & MACK. BOB is country born, about 25 years of age, five feet nine or ten inches high, very black, has a remarkable thick tongue which makes him lisp, and commonly keeps his lips open, one of his ears has been cropped, the other has a mark on it, which looks as if it had been nailed to a post. MACK is country born, about 25 years of age, five feet four or five inches high, inclined to a yellow complection, is very bow legged, small eyes, a Tanner and Currier by trade. The above Reward will be paid for the delivery of said negroes to me in Bladen county, or deposited in any jail in the State so that I get them; or half the sum for either of them. JAMES SMITH. Bladen County, March 14th, 1803. N.B. Any information, direct to me as above, near Fayetteville.