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Title
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Charles - VA-SAW6, VA-SHOE5
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Identifier
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VA-SAW6, VA-SHOE5
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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May 2, 1766
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Trade
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Sawyer
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Shoemaker
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Enslaver
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Charles Floyd
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Charles Floyd
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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, the 16th of February last, two Virginia born Negro man slaves, of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; had on when they went away Negro cotton waistcoat and breeches, shoes and stockings and osnabrugs shirt, and took with them several other clothes, and five Dutch Blankets One named CHARLES, is a sawyer and shoemaker by trade, carried with him a set of shoemakers tools, is about 8 years of age, speaks slow, can read, and may probably procure a pass and get as bound seems vessel. The other named GEORGE, about the same age, is round shouldered, which cause him to sloop when he walks; they are both outlawed Whoever brings, of safely conveys, she said slaves to me, in the upper end of Charles City county, shall have reward for each, if taken in this custody, if our thereof 10l.
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gender
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Male
