James- JA-BRIL10

Item

Title
James- JA-BRIL10
Identifier
JA-BRIL10
Source
The Royal Gazette
Date
2/21/1801
Trade
gender
Male
Enslaver
Peter Leishman
Home
Lime-Savanna, Clarendon
Notes
Socco Country
Transcription
Lime-Savanna, Clarendon, Oct. 23, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 2d instant, Four Mason Negroes; viz. JAMES, supposed to be of the Socco country, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, marked on one of his shoulders HM ‘L, the HM in one, wants the fore finger of his right hand, a good deal out-skinned, with marks of stars on the same, supposed to be harboured about St. Touley’s Estate, in Clarendon. TOM JUNK, a short Chamba Negro, marked on one of his shoulders HM ‘G, the HM in one, supposed to be harboured about Lloyd’s Estate, St. John, where he was harboured about four months, some time ago, by one of the Drivers, where he was taken up, and sent to Spanish-Town Workhouse: He went under the fictitious name of JOHN. GARRICK, a yellow Eboe Negro, marked on one or both shoulders HM ‘G, the HM in one, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, stout made, supposed to be harboured about Lady Mayo’s and Lloyd’s Estate, St. John, where he was taken up in April last. SCIPIO, an elderly Negro, of the Banda country, marked HM ‘L, the HM in one, 5 feet 5 inches high, supposed to be harboured about Denbigh Estate, Clarendon, where he has got a wife. The above Negroes are well known in the Walks, St. John, Vere, and Clarendon, where they have been working for many years, as Masons and Bricklayers. Whoever will lodge the said Slaves, or any one of them, in any workhouse, or bring him to the Subscriber, in Clarendon, shall receive Half-a-Joe reward for each of them, from the subscriber. PETER LEISHMAN. N. B. If the above Negroes will return, of their own accord, they will be forgiven.
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Item sets
Bricklayers