Davy- CAR90

Item

Title
Davy- CAR90
Identifier
CAR90
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
South-Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser
Date
January 15, 1784
Trade
Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Thomas Middleton
Home Location
Goose Creek, South Carolina
Events
1. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Hart, the chairmaker
2. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Cooke, the carpenter
3. Self-emancipated from Thomas Middleton
Item Type
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Transcription
RAN AWAY

A NEGRO MAN named DAVY, by trade a Carpenter, formerly the property of Mr. Hart, the chairmaker, and lived some time with Mr. Cooke, the Carpenter. He is a stout fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, 35 or 40 years of age, stoops a good deal, wears a long beard, and is well known in Charleston as a fiddler. He is supposed to be skulking about Mr. Andrew Hasell's plantation in St. Thomas's where he has a wife, or at Irish-town. Ten Guineas will be paid to any person who will deliver him to the Subscriber at Goose-Creek, or to the Keeper of the Work-House in Charlestown.