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Title
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Valentine - CAR94
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Identifier
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CAR94
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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 and American General Gazette
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Date
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February 13, 1777
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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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John Chesnut
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Home Location
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Camden, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from John Chesnut
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward.
Run away from the subscriber in March 1776, a Negro Man named Valentine, born in Virginia, is about 34 years of age, speaks good English, and is very sensible and artful; he can read a little, and pretends to be very religious, is of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty strong made, has lost some of his upper jaw teeth, and has very thick lips, is a very good boatman and a tolerable good carpenter, very handy, and has been seen several times since he run away on Savannah-river, near Silver-Bluff. Any person that will deliver said negro to Aaron Leecock, Esq; in Charlestown, to Mr. Samuel Boykin at Granby, or to the subscriber at Camden, shall receive the above reward.
JOHN CHESNUT.
