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Title
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Pompy - COO18
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Identifier
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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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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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October 7, 1756
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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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Thomas Bonny
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Home
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Thomas Bonny's Plantation at Ponpon
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Home Location
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Ponpon/Jacksonboro, Colleton County, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Thomas Bonny
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away from Mr. Thomas Bonny’s plantation at Ponpon, a negro man named Pompy, a cooper by trade; he is of a middle size, aged about 40 years, speaks good English, and a sensible fellow; he is supposed to be harboured about Charles Town. Any Person that takes him up, and delivers him to the overseer on the said plantation, or to me, shall have 5 pounds reward. Robert Raper.
