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Jemmy- JA-CAR50

Title: Jemmy- JA-CAR50
Identifier: JA-CAR50
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Cornwall Chronicle
Date: May 8,1794
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: Colin Watson
Home: Montego Bay
Transcription: Absconded, from the subscriber in March last a negro man, named JEMMY,about 27 years old of an open countenance,speaks well and is about 5 ft. 8 in. high, well-made and active,by trade a carpenter and marked on one of his shoulders C.W He is well known in the country,frequently travelling for fat cattle. Forty Shillings reward will be paid for securing him in any workhouse in this island, By Colin Watson
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