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Title
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Cuffee - COO17
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Identifier
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COO17
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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September 23, 1756
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Trade
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Cooper
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Mel St. John
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Home
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Mel St. John's Plantation on Johns Island
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Home Location
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Johns Island, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Mel St. John
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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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.
