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Title
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Dick - COO50
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Identifier
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COO50
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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 3, 1781
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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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Sampson Clarke, No. 30 on the Bay
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Home
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Sampson Clarke's Home
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by William Sterling
2. Self-emancipated from Sampson Clarke
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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Run away from the subscriber, since the surrender of Charlestown, the following negroes, viz. Dick, a stout young fellow; Primus, a cooper by trade, formerly the property of Mr. William Sterling, of James Island; Apollo, a young boy much disfigured with the small pox, formerly the property of Capt. Thomas Chochran; Leena, a Bermuda born wench, with her child, formerly the property of Mr. Starnes, taylor; and Diana, a young wench, formerly the property of Mr. Hibben. Whoever will deliver any of the above mentioned negroes to the subscriber, shall receive a reward of Five Guineas for each slave.
SAMPSON CLARKE,
No. 30 on the Bay.
January 1st, 1781.
