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Isaac - GA-CHA1, GA-SHOE5, GA-TAN1, GA-SAW1, GA-CAR31

Title: Isaac - GA-CHA1, GA-SHOE5, GA-TAN1, GA-SAW1, GA-CAR31
Identifier: GA-CHA1, GA-SHOE5, GA-TAN1, GA-SAW1, GA-CAR31
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Tanner, Chairmaker, Shoemaker, Carpenter, Sawyer
Source: Georgia Gazette
Date: December 20, 1764
Trade: Tanner, Chairmaker, Shoemaker, Carpenter, Sawyer
Enslaver: Samuel Shelton
Events: 1. Self-emancipated from Samuel Shelton
Home: On the James River
Home Location: Georgia
Transcription: TWELVE POUNS REWARD. RUN AWAY from the subcriber, living in the upper end of Albemarle county, on James River, the 31st of July last, a MULATTO MAN SLAVE named ISAAC, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, 35 years of age, has hazel eyes, has lost one of his upper fore teeth, has a flat nose, both of his legs are bumpy, onemore than the other, and has a bump on one of his hams about the bigness of a hickory nut; he stutters when he speaks fast, or is scaed; he carried with him a bearskin coat half worn, a white castor hat half worn, a pair of crocus trowsers, and some cloaths. The said fellow can hew, darw boards, tan leather, and make shoes and chairs. He may endeavor to pass for a free mulatto. Whosoever apprehends the said runaway, so that I may get him again, shall have 5 1. if taken in Virginia, and 12 1. if taken out of Virginia. SAMUEL SHELTON. Nov. 27, 1764.
gender: Male