Catharina - SEA3

Item

Title
Catharina - SEA3
Identifier
SEA3
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
December 17, 1772
Trade
Gender
Female
Enslaver
James Akin
Home Location
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY
The Tenth of this Instant DECEMBER,
A Country-born tall, slim Negro Wench,
Named CATHARINA, about Twenty-seven Years of Age, very plausible and sensible, a good Seamstress and House-Wench; is much pitted with the Small-Pox, and carried away with her a Mustee Child (her Daughter) about Six Years old.--As the hath a Father, (named ROBBIN, belonging to Col. Beale) a Mother (a Free Wench) named LETTICE, in Charles-Town, and Sisters, with other Relations, in the Province of GEORGIA (belonging to the Hon James Habersham, Esq;) it is probable she may be harboured by some or other of them.--Whoever will deliver her to the Subscriber, or to the Warden of the Work-House, in Charles-Town, shall receive a Reward of TEN POUNDS, with all reasonable Charges:--And a Reward of TWENTY POUNDS, will be given on Information of her being harboured by Slaves, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, if by white Persons or Free Negroes.--The Reward to be paid on Conviction of the Offenders, by
JAMES AKIN
December 12, 1772