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Title
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Cato - GA-SHOE1
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Identifier
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GA-SHOE1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
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Source
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Gazette of the State of Georgia
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Date
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February 26, 1784
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Vouchier
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Home
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John Vouchier's plantation near Purysburg
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from John Vouchier
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Transcription
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RAN AWAY from the subscriber's plantation near Purysburg the last of January, A NEGRO FELLOW, named CATO, about 30 years old, of a yellow complexion, has a dent in his forehead, is well known in Georgia, he has kept a ferry at Skidaway about two years, he has been seen in Savannah since he went away, is by trade a shoemaker. It is thought he will make for Skiaway or Newport. A reward of 20 dollars will be given to any person apprehending and delivering him to the Warden of the Workhouse in Savannah, or to me at my plantation. JOHN VOUCHIER.
