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Title
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Arthur - TN-CAR11
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Identifier
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TN-CAR11
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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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Nashville Union and American
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Date
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January 21, 1841
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Type
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Advertisement
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Trade
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Carpenter
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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R.P. Currin
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Transcription
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$100 Reward.
A mulatto man named ARTHUR, absconded from my residence in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 18th inst, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 to 10 inches high, stout made, his left leg and foot are enlarged from an attack of fever, round face, wears his hair and whiskers long, has a scar or scars on the front or top of his head under the hair; also a small scar on the left side of his nose near the end; stern countenance, and when spoken to, looks you full in the eye; quite intelligent, more so than the most of colored men. Good house servant, cook, carriage driver, pretty good carpenter and pointer; in short, handy in any mechanism. Fine flow of speech, active and very vicious when intoxicated. Had on when last seen, a white hat, brown jeans roundabout and pantaloons of the same. I will pay 25 dollars if taken within the state, or 100 dollars if taken out of it, and secured so that i can get him
R. P. CURRIN.
January 21,1841-tfr
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from R.P. Currin
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homeLocation
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Nashville, Tennessee
