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Title
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Syphax - VA-BLA1
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Identifier
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VA-BLA1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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April 12, 1752
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Armistead Churchill
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homeLocation
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Middlesex County, Virginia
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events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Henry Ennalls, Jr.
2. Self-emancipated from Armistead Churchill
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Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RAN away, last Night, from the Subscriber, a white Servant Man, named John Johnson , a Ploughman, and pretends to understand Malting and Brickmaking; he is about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, and took with him a dark colour'd Cloth Coat, a lapell'd Fustian Coat lined with brown Holland, a brown Allopeen Wastecoat lined with Blue, a white Kersey ditto, two Oznabrigs Shirts, and one white ditto, a Pair of Fustian Breeches with white Metal Buttons, two Pair of Oznabrigs Trousers, a brown Wig, a Castor Hat, a Pair of Virginia Yarn Stockings, and Shoes.
Also a Mulatto Man, names Syphax , he was lately bought of Mr. Henry Ennalls , Jun. of Dorchester County, in Maryland , by Trade a Blacksmith; he is a likely brisk young Fellow, the fore Part of his Head shaved, and the back Part long Wool; he took with him a brown Cloth Coat and Wastecoat, the Coat has two Patches on the left Side of the Back, sewed in with white Thread, a Pair of strip'd Virginia -Cloth Breeches, some brown Linen Shirts, and one white ditto, a Hat, Shoes and Stockings. They took a Gun with them. Whoever will apprehend and convey the said Runaways no me, shall have Ten Pistoles Reward, besides what the Law allows.
N.B . If they should be taken separate, Two Pistoles
for the white Man and Eight for the Mulatto. t.f.
Armistead Churchill .
