Luke-NC-HCAR7, NC-MILW5

Item

Title
Luke-NC-HCAR7, NC-MILW5
Identifier
NC-HCAR7, NC-MILW5
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863,
Source
Fress Press
Date
September 15, 1827
Trade
House Carpenter, Mill wright
gender
Male
Enslaver
Edwin L. Moore
Home
3 miles above South of Mount Prospect, N.C
homeLocation
Halifax County, N.C.
events
1. Self-emancipated from ENSLAVER Edwin L. Moore.
Type
Advertisement
Notes
This craftsperson is also found in the following collections:Millwright, House Carpenter.
Transcription
$10 Reward. RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living 3 miles south of Mount Prospect, N.C. on the 13th August last, negro LUKE, about 50 years old, 6 feet high, and dark complexion. It is deemed unnecessary to give a further description of him, as he is well known in Halifax and Edgecombe counties, as a house carpenter and millwright. Luke is supposed to be lurking in the neighborhood of Wm.[William] Sturdivant, near Hill's Bridge, in Halifax county, where he has a wife; or, in the neighborhood of Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, in this county, where he formerly lived. I have also understood that he has been in the habit of visiting the upper part of Halifax county, near Blake Baker's. He has recently been seen in this county, with a broadax, and then said he was in search of work. The above reward will be given to any person who will deliver said negro to me, or confine him in any jail so that I get him again. EDWIN L. MOORE. Sept. 13, 1827. 4-3