Stepney- JA-MAS20

Item

Title
Stepney- JA-MAS20
Identifier
JA-MAS20
Source
Cornwall Chronicle
Date
May 27, 1793
Trade
gender
Male
Enslaver
John Sharpe
Home
Montego Bay
Transcription
Ran away, on the 20th instant a Negro man, named STEPNEY, stout made, and marked on one shoulder S S, by trade a mason, aged about 25 years, very artful, and well known on several estates in this parish, and on this Bay. Also a Negro girl named MARIA, marked on one shoulder SS, had one when she went away an oznaburg coat and shift, aged about 16 years; it is supposed they are harboured at or near this Bay. Whoever takes up said Negroes, and will bring them to the Subscriber, or lodges them in any gaol or workhouse, shall receive a Pistole reward for each, and if proved by whom harboured or concealed, five Pounds for each, on conviction of the offenders, on application to Mr. Samuel Sharpe, or JOHN SHARPE.
Type
Advertisement
Item sets
Masons