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Title
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Lymus - SHOE10
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Identifier
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SHOE10
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Shoemakers
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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February 6, 1762
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Trade
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Shoemaker
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Stephen Townsend
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Stephen Townsend
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away the 23d ult, a negro fellow named LYMUS, by trade a shoemaker, he is about six feet high, and had on when he went away, a blue degro cloth jacket and trowsers. Whoever takes up said negro, and delivers him to the warden of the work-house, or to the subscriber in Charles-Town, shall receive a reward of five pounds and all lawful charges.
STEPHEN TOWNSEND.
