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Title
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Sambo - CAR43
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Identifier
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CAR43
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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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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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May 24, 1773
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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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William McLaughlin (deceased)
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Home Location
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South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from William McLaughlin (deceased) and George Livingston (estate administrator)
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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 11th of MAY Instant, A Negro Fellow, named Sambo,
Belonging to the Estate of WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN, deceased; he is about Five Feet Eight Inches high, and about Twenty-one Years of Age, rather close kneed, a Carpenter by trade; has the lower End of his right Ear grown in a Knob, and has a Father at Mr. John Wragg’s, where probably he may be harboured. -- Whoever delivers the said Fellow to the Warden of the Work-House in Charles-Town, or to the subscriber at Cane-Acre, shall receive FIVE POUNDS Currency Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid, by
GEORGE LIVINGSTON.
