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Caesar - GA-CAR9

Title: Caesar - GA-CAR9
Identifier: GA-CAR9
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source: Royal Georgia Gazette
Date: January 18, 1781
Trade: Carpenter
Enslaver: William Panton
Events: 1. Formerly enslaved by Thomas Netherclift. 2. Self-emancipated from WM Panton
Home: Property of Panton
Home Location: Georgia
Transcription: RAN AWAY from the subscriber in East Florida some time in September last, A Negroe Fellow, anmed CAESAR, formerly the property of Thomas Netherclift, Esq. He is a tall slim mae fellow, speaks bad English for a country born, is by trade a carpenter, but having been used to go in a schooner may pass for a sailer. Whoever takes up the said fellow, and commits him to the Workhouse in Savannah, shall receive Two Guineas reward, and Ten Guineas to ant person or persons who will prosecute to conviction the person who harbours him now, or brought him from Florida. WM. PANTON. Jan. 10, 1781.
gender: Male