Jack - SHICAR10

Item

Title
Jack - SHICAR10
Identifier
SHICAR10
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal
Date
May 25, 1773
Trade
Ship Carpenter
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Valentine Lynn
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Hired out in Charleston, South Carolina
2. Self-emancipated from Valentine Lynn
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber, sometime in Nov-ember last, a well set Negro Man, named JACK, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, very black, and has lost one of his fore Teeth from the lower Jaw, a Mark down the Middle of his Forehead, and has formerly worked at the Ship-Carpenters Trade in Charles-Town, where 'tis supposed he is now harboured, as he has been seen several Times on White-Point. This is to offer a Reward of Fifty Pounds Currency, to any Person that will prove he is harboured by a white Person, and Ten Pounds if by a Negro, or Twenty Pounds Currency, if delivered to the Warden of the Work House, or to
VALENTINE LYNN