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Title
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York - GA-SAW2
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Identifier
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GA-SAW2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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April 26, 1769
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Trade
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Sawyer
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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William Coachman
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Home
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Home of William Coachman
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from William Coachman
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Transcription
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South Carolina, April 18, 1769. RUN AWAY from the subscriber, A NEGROE FELLOW, names YORK, or YORKSHIRE, born in this province, is a black fellow, speaks thick and stutters a little, he is a boatman and sawyer and SARAH, a tall Guiney wench, with her country marks down each side of her face, and her teeth look as if they had been filed. The said negroes have been seen lately in Georgia, taken up by the Creek Indians. Whoever will deliver them to the Warden of the Work house in Charlestown shall receive fifty pounds currency reward for each of WILLIAM COACHMAN.
