John/ John McClish -NC-TAI21

Item

Title
John/ John McClish -NC-TAI21
Identifier
NC-TAI21
Subject
African Americans--History African Americans--History--To 1863
Source
North Carolina Gazette, or Impartial Intelligencer, and Weekly General Advertiser
Date
November 3, 1785
Trade
tailor(in ad spelled taylor)
Enslaver
Thomas Williams
Events
1. Passes for free man 2. Self-emanciapted from ENSLAVER Thomas Williams.
Home Location
New Bern, N.C.
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD ABSCONDED from New-Bern about twelve months past, a mulatto man slave named JOHN, who passes for a free man and calls himself JOHN McCLISH. He is a taylor[sic] by trade, well made, of a middle stature and wears his hair in a queue; he has been seen at the plantation of the late George Lovick, nine miles below New-Bern, on Neuse river, about three months past. Any person who will bring the said fellow to me in New-Bern shall receive the above twenty five dollars reward and all reasonable charges paid by THO.[THOMAS] WILLIAMS. New-Bern, Nov.[November] 2d 1785.
gender
male
Item sets
Tailors