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Title
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Billy - NY-SAIL5
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Identifier
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NY-SAIL5
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury #1630
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Date
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January 13, 1783
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Trade
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Sailor
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Daniel McCormick
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Home Location
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New York
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved in Jamaica
2. Self-emancipated from Daniel McCormick
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #612
Born in Guinea
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Transcription
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Twenty Dollars Reward. RUN away from his master, a negro boy named BILLY, lately from the island of Jamaica, about twenty years of age, and near about 5 feet 6 inches high: He was bom in Guinea, and speaks bad English, is of a very black complexion, with a yellow cast in his eyes; he is branded on the breast with a D. S. He had on when he went off the common dress of a sailor, viz. a blue jacket, a pair of blue trowsers, round hat and check shirt. As he has made some voyages to sea, it is probable he may look for employment in some vessel, therefore master of vessels and others are forewarn’d not to harbour or carry him off. DANIEL McCormick.
