-
Title
-
Sye - VA-SHOE19
-
Identifier
-
VA-SHOE19
-
Subject
-
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
-
Source
-
Virginia Gazette
-
Date
-
March 12, 1779
-
Trade
-
Shoemaker
-
Enslaver
-
Benjamin Branch
-
Home
-
Near Osborne's Warehouse
-
Events
-
1. Formerly enslaved by Colonel Burwell
2. Self-emancipated from Benjamin Branch
-
Item Type
-
Advertisement
-
Transcription
-
RUN away from the subscriber, in November last, a bright mulatto fellow, named SYE, about 5 feet 6 inches high, with bushy hair, a hose in one of his cheeks, a tolerable good shoemaker, and is well acquainted with waiting in a house. He formerly belonged to Colonel Burwell of Gloucester , where he has many relations, and have reason to believe he is now lurking about that neighbourhood. I will give a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS to any person who will deliver him to me near Osborne's warehouse, in Chesterfield county.
BENJAMIN BRANCH .
-
gender
-
Male
