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Title
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Johnny- JA-CAR29
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Identifier
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JA-CAR29
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Source
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Cornwall Chronicle
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Date
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January 16,1786
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Mowat
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Home
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Westmoreland
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events
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runaway
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Notes
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No home Country listed
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Transcription
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Run away, from Negril Spots Estate in this parish. PORT ROYAL, a very black, stout, thick set creole fellow, about 30 years old, talks remarkably fast, and is much addicted to intoxication. He has been run away since the 18th of July 1784 and frequently seen at Cousin's Cove Estate, Hanover, where he is supposed to be harboured, by his mother or some other person or persons on that property. Also BEN, a short, well set black creole fellow, about 25 years old, is disabled in his left hand so as not to be able to open the fingers thereof; has been bred a carpenter, and is used to riding races and breaking horses. He has been runaway since May last, and is supposed to be harboured about Black River. Also JOHNNY, a mulatto fellow, about 21 years old, marked on one or both shoulders E S, is tall and slender, has been bred a carpenter, and is extremely artful; he has been frequently seen at Cousin's Cove and Haughton Towers estates in Hanover. Also CHRISTIAN, a mulatto wench, about 15 years old, was assisted out of her confinement by some person or person about the beginning of March last, marked on both shoulders and cheeks, E S; she has been seen at Mr. Crowder's Mountain in the parish of Westmoreland, and is supposed to be concealed by her mother, a Negro wench formerly the property of E. Samuells, dec. Also SCOTLAND, a stout creole fellow about 30 years old, by trade a tailor, and marked on both shoulders E S; generally wears a very brushy beard, has sore legs, and is very lame with the crab- yaws. Thirty Pounds will be given to any one who discovers where and by whom the above mulatto wench is harboured so as to bring him or them to justice, if a white person, fifteen Pounds if a person of colour, and ten Pounds if a Negro. Ben and Johnny belonging to Negril Spots Estate, five Pounds reward for each, wil be paid by the overseer on said estate or JOHN MOWAT, St. James; on their being apprehended and secured; and five Pounds will be given for each of the others, by SIMON PHILLIPS.
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Type
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