Quaco - GA-CAR5

Item

Title
Quaco - GA-CAR5
Identifier
GA-CAR5
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source
Georgia Gazette
Date
April 26, 1775
Trade
Carpenter
gender
Male
Enslaver
Charles Odingsell
Home
Charles Odingsell Plantation
events
1. Self-emancipated form Charles Odingsell
Transcription
RUN AWAY from the subscriber at Little Ogeechee, A NEGROE FELLOW named QUACO, about five feet eight inches high, speaks good English, a carpenter by trade, had on when he went away a blue negroe cloth jacket and trowsers, and oznaburg shirt. This is to forewarn all persons from harbouring said fellow, as they will be prosecuted as the law directs. Whoever will deliver said fellow, to the subscriber, or to the Waren of the Work-House, shall receive a reward of twenty shillings, besides all reasonable charges. CHARLES ODINGSELL.
Item sets
Carpenters