Jack - COO6

Item

Title
Jack - COO6
Identifier
COO6
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
February 14, 1743
Trade
Cooper
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Richard Tookerman
Home
Richard Tookerman's Plantation
Home Location
Goose Creek, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Richard Tookerman
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY from Mr. Rich. Tookerman’s Plantation at Goose-Creek, a Negro Man named Hector, had on when he went away a white Negro Cloth Jacket and Breeches, is a Sawyer; also another Negro Man named Jack, cloathed in the same Manner as the other, is a Cooper. Whoever takes up and brings the said Negroes to their Master aforesaid, or to Mr. John Steele, Tavern-Keeper in Charlestown, shall have 5 Ł reward for each.