Sampson - COO26

Item

Title
Sampson - COO26
Identifier
COO26
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
March 16, 1762
Type
Advertisement
Trade
Cooper
gender
Male
Enslaver
William Miles
Transcription
RUN away from my plantation at Horse-Savannah the 8th inst.[of] March, a mustee fellow named SAMPSON, about five feet and an half high, and a cooper by trade, had on when he went away a white negro cloth jacket and breeches and a leather apron. Whoever takes up the said fellow and delivers him to the subscriber shall have five pounds and all reasonable charges.
WILLIAM MILES.
Home
William Miles's plantation at Horseshoe Savannah
events
1. Self-emancipated from William Miles
homeLocation
Horseshoe Savannah, Colleton County, South Carolina