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Primus- JA-CAR81

Title: Primus- JA-CAR81
Identifier: JA-CAR81
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Royal Gazette
Date: 1805-03-20
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: John Deans
Home: Portland
Transcription: 1805-05-18

Portland, May 14, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, about the middle of last September, a negro man, named PRIMUS, of the Chamba country, but understands the Coromantee language, a carpenter by trade, about forty years of age, and marked on the right or both shoulders ID. Whoever will secure the said negro in any gaol or workhouse, or deliver him to the subscriber, shall receive One Doubloon reward, on application to Messrs. Henry, West, & Co. in Kingston, or to the subscriber. JOHN DEANS.
Type: Advertisement