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Title
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Sampson - GA-CAR1
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Identifier
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GA-CAR1
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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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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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April 25, 1765
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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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William MacKenzie
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Home
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Skidaway
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from William MacKenzie
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY from the subscriber last February, named YORK, about 40 years of age, about 5 feet 4 inches high, had on when he went off a blue negroe cloth jacket and breeches, speaks good English, and is well known about Ebenezer and Abercorn. And last Sunday went off, TWO NEGROES, one names POMPEY, about 46 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high, he is dull of hearing, and is a good axman and hunter; the other named SAMPSON, is by trade a carpenter, aged 26 years, has a downcast surly look, and is about 5 feet 8 inches high; they were both born in Noth-Carolina; had on when they went away hats, blue jackets and breeches, an white Indian boots. Whoever delivers the above negroes, beore the last of May next, to the warden of the workhouse in Savannah, or to me at Skidaway, shall receive for York 10 s. sterling, and 20 s. for each of the others, over and above what the law directs. WILLIAM MACKENZIE.
