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John - GA-CAR16

Title: John - GA-CAR16
Identifier: GA-CAR16
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Carpenters
Source: Gazette of the State of Georgia
Date: December 11, 1783
Trade: Carpenter
Enslaver: John Channing
Events: 1. Self-emancipated from John Channing
Home: John Channing's plantation on Savannah River
Home Location: Georgia
Transcription: Dec. 9, 1783. RAN away from the sunscriber's plantation on Savannah river in the night of Friday the 29th of last month, a tall, well made Negro Fellow, named JOHN, (but may probably pass by some other name) by trade a carpenter, of a yellowish complexion, about 38 years of age, well known in and about Savannah; he went away in a new paddling cypress canoe, made to row with two oars, and carried with him a broad axe, a handsaw, and several other carpenter tools, by which it is supposed he intends to pass as a free fellow, or as havin gmy permission to work out. Whoever will apprehend the said fellow, and deliver him to me on the plantation, shall receive eight dollars reward; and whoever can be proved to harbour, entertain, or employ him, will be prosecuted with the utmost severity. JOHN CHANNING.
gender: Male