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Title
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Bob - VA-CAR5, VA-SAW7
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Identifier
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VA-CAR5, VA-SAW7
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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April 16, 1767
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Trade
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Carpenter
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Sawyer
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Enslaver
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William Trebell
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Events
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1. Passed as a free man
2. Enslaved by William Trebell
3. Self-emancipated from William Trebell
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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APRIL 16, 1767.
RUN AWAY form the subscriber, near Williamsburg , last Saturday night, a Negro fellow named BOB, about 5 feet 7 inches high, about 26 years of age, was burnt when young, by which he has a scar on the wrist of his right hand, the thumb of his left hand burnt off, and the hand turns in; had on a double breasted dark coloured frieze jacket, and yellow cotton breeches. He was lately brought home from Hartford county in North Carolina , where he has been harboured for three years past by one Van Pelt , who lives on Chinkopin creek; he passed for a freeman, by the name of Edward or Edmund Tamer , and has got a wise there. He is an extraordinary sawer, a tolerable good carpenter and currier, pretends to make shoes, and is a very good sailor. He has been gone for eight years, a part of which time he lived in Charlestown, South Carolina . He can read and write; and, as he is a very artful fellow, will probably forge a pass. All masters of vessels are hereby cautioned from carrying him out of the colony, and any person from employing him. Whoever apprehends the said fellow, and conveys him to me, shall have 3l reward, if taken in this colony; if in North Carolina , 5l. and if in any other province, 10l.
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gender
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Male
