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Title
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no name given - GA-COO18
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Identifier
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GA-COO18
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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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Georgia Gazette
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Date
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June 4, 1789
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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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John R. Stevenson
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Home
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Stevenson's plantation near Purysburgh
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events
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1. Self-emancipated from John R. Stevenson
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Transcription
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Lincoln County, South Carolina, June 1, 1789. R A N A W A Y From the subscriber, the 17th of November last, A LIKELY NEGRO FELLOW, of the Congo country, remarkably black, about five feet eight inches high, has a bushy head of hair, is about 30 years of age, when vexed or scared stutters, is a cooper by trade, has been seen and heard of at Williamson's Island plantation, and at Col. Hammond;s at Rae's Hall, and in Savannah selling plumbs about town. Whoever will apprehend and deliver him to the subscriber, at his plantation near Purysburgh, or secure him in the gaol of the county above mentioned, or in that of Savannah, shall receive ONE GUINEA reward, and reasonable charges, from the subscriber. JOHN R. STEVENSON.
