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Title
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Sam - GA-BLA2
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Identifier
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GA-BLA2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
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Source
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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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December 3, 1789
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Robert Bolton
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Robert Bolton
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Notes
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Not related, but may be of some interest. Robert Bolton was father-in-law to Richard Richardson, first owner of the Owens-Thomas House.
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Transcription
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Two Guineas Reward. R U N A W A Y, A NEGRO MAN, SAM, a blacksmith by trade, well known in and about the town of Savannah; he is 35 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high, of a yellowish complexion, has an impediment in his speech, had on a short coatee of mixed cloth and a great coat of blue Bath coating. Whoever will deliver said fellow to the subscriber, or to the Workhouse in Savannah, shall receive the above reward. All persons are hereby cautioned against harbouring said fellow. ROBERT BOLTON. Savannah, December 2, 1789.
