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Title
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Moon - CAR58
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Identifier
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CAR58
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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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State Gazette of South Carolina
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Date
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May 5, 1785
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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 Singellton
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Home
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John Singellton's Plantation
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Home Location
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Georgetown, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from John Singellton
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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, the following Slaves, viz.
HECTOR of a yellowish complexion absconded when the British troops were in Charlestown, about 5 and a half feet high, about 32 years of age, very artful, and has lately been seen in Charlestown.
Moon, a dark Mulatto, about 5 and one half feet high, between 35 & 40 years of age, a carpenter by trade, plays the violin & well known in the city. He absconded in April, 1784.
Joe about 5 feet high, a cooper by trade, yellowish complexion, very artful, has lost one of his fore teeth, and is about 25 years of age; he has a wife at the plantation of the late Capt. Thomas Tucker in St. Andrew Parish, near Wappoo Cut, where he was lately seen. Five Guineas for each delivered t the Subscriber 15 miles from Georgetown.
John Singellton.
