Casar - SHOE3

Item

Title
Casar - SHOE3
Identifier
SHOE3
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
January 21, 1745
Trade
Shoemakers
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Thomas Radcliffe
Home Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Events
1. Formerly enslaved by James Hartley in Stono
2. Self-emancipated from Thomas Radcliffe
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
Run away some Time ago, a Negro Fellow (by Trade a Shoe maker) named Casar, he formerly belonged to Mr. James Hartley of Stono, and it is tho't he is gone up to Salcatchen, where Mr. Hartley formerly lived; he is a short thick Fellow, and had on when he went away, a homespun Jacket tan coloured, and a pair of large Duck Trowsers. Whoever takes up and brings him to me in Charles Town, shall have 5 l Reward,
Thomas Radcliffe