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Title
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Peter Brown - VA-CAR14, VA-PAI1
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Identifier
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VA-CAR14, VA-PAI1
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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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June 16, 1774
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Trade
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Carpenter
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Painter
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Enslaver
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Peterfield Trent
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Home
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Osborne's
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by John Fox
2. Self-emancipated from John Fox
3. Enslaved by Peterfield Trent
4. Self-emancipated from Peterfield Trent
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away from the subscriber, about the 20th of April last, a mulatto fellow named Peter Brown, a painter by trade, but can do carpenter's work; he is 35 or 40 years of age, of a dark complexion, five feet eight or nine inches high, slim made, and has a thin visage, has lost several of his upper foreteeth, is fond of singing, and can sing well. The said fellow has several suits of clothes, therefore I cannot describe his dress. He was some years past tried for a robbery, but obtained the governor's pardon on suffering one year's imprisonment; after that he was sold to Mr. John Fox, of Gloucester, with whom he lived one or two years; he then run away, and passed for a free man in the counties of King William, Caroline, and Hanover, where he was taken up and brought home. As he has a wife at Mr. Benjamin Hubbard's, it is likely he may be lurking in that neighbourhood, and as he was raised in Petersburg, it is very probable he may be in those parts. Whoever will take up the said runaway, and deliver him to me, at Osborne's, shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS reward.
PETERFIELD TRENT .
All persons are forbid harbouring or carrying him out of the colony.
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gender
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Male
