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Title
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Will - BLA2
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Identifier
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BLA2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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October 13, 1757
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Mr. Wright
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Home
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Mr. Wright's Plantation at Wambaw
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Home Location
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Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Herman Gieger at Congarees
2. Self-emancipated from Mr. Wright
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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The advertisement mentions to return Will to Mr. John Jordan at Wambaw. The advertisement was placed by David Graeme.
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Transcription
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ALSO run away, from Mr. Wright's plantation at Wambaw, about the same time, a negro fellow named Will, a short square-made yellow fellow, a blacksmith by trade, and speaks very good English, and has lost all his toes by the frost; he formerly belonged to Herman Gieger at the Congaree's, and is supposed to be gone that way.
