Toby - COO16, CAR16

Item

Title
Toby - COO16, CAR16
Identifier
COO16, CAR16
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
January 16, 1755
Trade
Cooper
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Thomas Cheverall
Home
Thomas Cheverall's Plantation at Ponpon
Home Location
Ponpon/Jacksonboro, Colleton County, South Carolina
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Thomas Cheverall
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY the 20th of January, 1755, from the subscriber at Ponpon, a likely mustee fellow named Toby, a cooper and carpenter by trade: He took his cloaths with him, and is supposed to have gone on horseback some distance. Any person that will bring him to the said subscriber, shall have 10 Ł currency reward, and all reasonable charges paid. Thomas Sacheverell.