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Title
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George - COO47
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Identifier
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COO47
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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 and American General Gazette
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Date
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January 30, 1777
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Type
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Advertisement
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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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Jacob Valk
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Transcription
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RUN away some time ago, a Negro Fellow named George, purchased by Mr. Stitt at Mrs. Sarah Elliott’s sale, an exceeding good cooper, and very handy about a plantation, is supposed to frequent Mr. Hutchinson's plantation at Ashepoo. If the said fellow will come home of his own accord he will be forgiven; otherwise a reward of Fifty Pounds to any person who will deliver him to the Warden of the Work-house or to me in Charlestown and if any person can give information of the said fellow being harboured by a white persons shall receive a reward of one Hundred Pounds to be paid on conviction of the offender or offenders; or any person inclinable to purchase the said fellow as he runs, may apply to
JACOB VALK.
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events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Mrs. Sarah Elliott
2. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Stitt
3. Self-emancipated from Jacob Valk
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homeLocation
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Charleston, South Carolina
