Sam - VA-CAR22, VA-COO17
Item
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Title
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Sam - VA-CAR22, VA-COO17
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Identifier
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VA-CAR22, VA-COO17
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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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November 17, 1768
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Trade
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Carpenter
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Cooper
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Enslaver
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Jasper Clayton
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Jasper Clayton
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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Gloucester, October 19, 1768.
RUN away from the subscriber the9th of this Instant, a Negro fellow named Sam,about five feet eight inches high; he stole a whitehorse about thirteen hands three inches high, was seento pass Caroline Court house the 11th of this instant, onhis way to Mr. John Watt's, at Mr. Munn Page's plantation,near Bull Run. The said runaway had the usualcloathing for labouring Negroes. Some vile person gavehim a pass, signed with my name, to permit him to passto the said Wiatt's and to hire himself to any person.The aforesaid runaway is a good carpenter and cooper.Whoever will secure him in any gaol, so that I may gethim again, shall have three pounds reward.
JASPER CLAYTON
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gender
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Male
