BCDA (Objects) · Manuel-NC-TAI22, NC-BAHA4

Manuel-NC-TAI22, NC-BAHA4

Title: Manuel-NC-TAI22, NC-BAHA4
Identifier: NC-TAI22, NC-BAHA4
Subject: African Americans--History African Americans--History--To 1863
Source: North Carolina Journal
Date: December 12,1796
Trade: tailor (in ad spelled taylor)
gender: male
Enslaver: Samuel Johnston
homeLocation: Halifax, N.C.
events: 1.Self-emancipated from ENSLAVER Samuel Johnston.
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson is also found in the following collections: barber, horseman.
Transcription: TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD, TO any persons who will take up and secure in a safe Jail, till I can fend for him, a Negro Man named MANUEL; who left me about the beginning of September last: he is about 5 feet six inches high, well found, a pert, chattering, remarkably alive fellow, works at the Taylor's trade, is an indifferent barber, and an excellent horseman; he is much addicted to gaming, wenching, and such like fashionable vices. He had a fine lead colored cassimere coat with a buff cape, a very full drab great coat, with a variety of other cloaths[sic]. SAMUEL JOHNSTON. &gt;Martin County, 19th November, 1796.