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Stephen-NC-FID3

Title: Stephen-NC-FID3
Identifier: NC-FID3
Subject: African Americans--History--To 1863
Source: Edenton Gazette and North Carolina General Advertiser
Date: February 1,1811
Trade: Fiddler
gender: male
Enslaver: John Wood
homeLocation: Hertford County
events: 1.Self-emancipated from ENSLAVER John Wood
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson was seen in Shingle Swap or the Great Dismal Swamp which was a know refugee for Runaway slaves.
Transcription: 50 Dollars Reward. Run away from the Subscriber some time in July 1806, a negro man by the name of STEPHEN. He is a slim spare made fellow, thick bushy head of hair, remarkable small legs, rather of a yellowish complexion, and about 4 feet 9 or 10 inches high, the fore finger of his left hand is entirely stiff, occasioned by a bite in the joint when fighting. He is remarkably fond of fidling, and commonly has a fiddle hung to his back. He has a mother living in the County of Pasquotank by the name of Franky, commonly called Old Frank, belonging to Joseph Banks.--I have lately been informed that a fellow of that name and description has been seen working in the Shingle Swamp, and flatting shingles down in the Canal. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver him to me in Hertford, or Twenty-Five Dollars, to secure him in any gaol in this State so that: I get him again. JOHN WOOD. Hertford, Perquimans County. Jan. 28, 1811. 3w 257