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Title
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Scipio - GA-SHOE2
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Identifier
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GA-SHOE2
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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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July 13, 1786
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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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Josiah Powell
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Home
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Powell's plantation
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from Josiah Powell
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY from the subscriber's plantation on Newport, A NEGRO MAN, by the name of SCIPIO, about 5 feet 5 inches high, has a small scar on his forehead, his complexion rather yellowish, by trade a shoemaker, he is supposed to be harboured at or near White Bluff, where he formerly wrought. A REWARD OF ONE GUINEA will be paid on his delivery to Dr. Wood on Newport, the Warden of the workhouse in Savannah, or to the subscriber in Sunbury. JOSIAH POWELL. Savannah, July 12, 1786.
