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Title
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Peter - VA-SHOE10
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Identifier
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VA-SHOE10
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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May 7, 1772
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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Enslaver
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Joseph Crenshaw
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Joseph Crenshaq
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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, on Tuesday the 17th of December last, a likely Virginia Negro Fellow named PETER, about five Feet ten Inches high, lets his Hair grow from his Temples Half Way down his Face, very long and frizzed, has a large Scar on his right Leg, is a very artful Fellow, well set, and very active; he had on, when he went away, Negro Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and white Yarn Stockings. I suppose he will change his Name to Peter Wing , or Peter Harris , and get on Board a Vessel under Pretence of being a Freeman; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever brings him to me in King William , or to Mr. Henry Gilbert in New Kent , at Colonel George Washington's Plantations, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows.
JOSEPH CRENSHAW .
N.B. The said Slave is a Shoemaker by Trade, and I suppose lives by that Craft.
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gender
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Male
