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George- MD-COOK3, MD-BAHA1

Title: George- MD-COOK3, MD-BAHA1
Identifier: MD-COOK3, MD-BAHA1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Barber, Cook
Source: Annapolis Maryland Gazette
Date: August 12, 1784
Trade: Barber, Cook
gender: Male
Enslaver: Thomas May
events: Self-emancipated from Thomas May
Notes: Compiled from Lathan Windley
Transcription: ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
August 3, 1784.
RAN away from Elk Forge, Cecil county, Maryland, on the 2d inst. August, 1784, negro GEORGE, about 35 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, slender bodied, thin visaged, not very black, plausible and complaisant; can speak pretty good English, a little French, and a few words of High Dutch; has been in the West Indies and in Canada; and as he was formerly a waitingman to a gentleman, has thereby had an opportunity of getting acquainted with different parts of America. His chief employ, latterly, has been in the kitchen and at cooking, at which he is very complete: is also a good barber. He has a variety of cloaths with him, and probably may procure a pass. ‘Tis thought he will endeavour to get off by water; therefore all concerned in that way are desired to take notice. Whoever will secure said fellow in any gaol, and give notice to the subscriber, so that he may have him again, shall receive the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home.
THOMAS MAY.