Cuffee - COO17

Item

Title
Cuffee - COO17
Identifier
COO17
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
September 23, 1756
Trade
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Mel St. John
Home
Mel St. John's Plantation on Johns Island
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Mel St. John
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN AWAY the beginning of last June, from my plantation on John’s Island, 2 negro men, one named Cupid, a bricklayer by trade, the other named Cuffee, a cooper, both well known in Charles Town and in most parts of the country. Whoever brings one or both to me, or to the work-house, shall have a reward of 20 Ł for the former, and 10 for the latter; and whoever gives notice of their being harboured by any white person, shall have a further reward of 20 Ł if convicted by a white man, or 10 Ł if by a negro.
MEL. ST. JOHN.