Ben- CAR15

Title: Ben- CAR15
Identifier: CAR15
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source: South Carolina Gazette
Date: July 4, 1754
Trade: Carpenter
Gender: Male
Enslaver: Miller St. John
Home: Miller St. John's Plantation
Home Location: South Carolina
Events: 1. Self-emancipated from Miller St. John
Item Type: Advertisement
Transcription: RUN AWAY from the subscriber the 18th of June last a mustee slave named Ben, a house carpenter by trade. Whoever takes up and delivers him to the warden of the work-house, or to me on my plantation, shall have Ten Pounds reward, lawful charges. MILLER ST. JOHN