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Title
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Emmeline-NC-SEA5
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Identifier
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NC-SEA5
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Subject
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African American Women--History African Americans--History--African American--History--To 1863
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Source
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Raleigh Register
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Date
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August 4, 1846
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Trade
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seamstress
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gender
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female
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Enslaver
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Honorable A. Rencher
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homeLocation
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Chapel Hill, NC
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events
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1. Passed for a free woman. 2. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER Honorable A. Rencher.
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Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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This craftsperson self-emancipated along with her husband and daughter.
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Transcription
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Fifty Dollars Reward. STOP THE RUNAWAYS. ON Sunday last, the 26th inst., a negro man named MIKE, belonging to the estate of my deceased husband, Thomas Thompson, left Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in a Buggy, taking with him his wife Emmeline, and their female child about 3 years of age, the property of Hon. [Honorable] A. Rencher, on leave and under pretence of visiting Pittsborough for a few days. Not having reached Pittsboro' and having taken their clothing, it is apprehended that they have made off Westwardly, or by Rail Road Northwardly, with the design of reaching a Free State. MIKE is by trade a Carpenter, and has been living at Chapel Hill in that capacity for the last 3 years.--He is a black man about 27 years of age, of good countenance and soft speech ; under the ordinary height, with no distinguishing marks ; has a variety of good clothing which cannot be described, knows how to read, and is quite intelligent. His wife EMMELINE, is a black woman of rather darker hue than Mike, and nearly of the same height ; can read and write, is perhaps 25 years of age, has travelled North, and resided at Washington with her Master and Mistress, and during their absence from the United States, has been living at Chapel Hill as a Washerwoman and Seamstress for the Students. The Horse they drove, was a tall, thin sorrel, with a long and wide blaze in the face, and one eye.--They will doubtless attempt to pass, under forged papers, as free persons. A Reward of Fifty Dollars will be paid for the apprehension and confinement of MIKE, in any Jail in the United States, so that I get him again ; and if delivered to me, all reasonable expenses in addition. Suitable compensation will also be paid for the apprehension and delivery of the Woman and Child, but I am not authorized to offer a specific reward. Any information concerning them, or either of them, will be thankfully received, and may be addressed either to me at Pittsboro', Chatham County, North Carolina, or to Charles Manly, Esq. at Raleigh ; Judge Manly, at Newbern ; or to Dr. Johnson D. Jones, at Chapel Hill. LOUISA S. THOMPSON. Pittsboro' Chatham County, July 31, 1846. 62--w4w Standard four insertions. The National Intelligencer will please copy once a week for three weeks, in their country paper, and send their bill to the Raleigh Register.
