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James Henderson- JA-CAR88

Title: James Henderson- JA-CAR88
Identifier: JA-CAR88
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: Royal Gazette
Date: 1805-12-14
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: David Lamont
Home: Birness, St. David
Transcription: Birness, St. David, Dec. 13, 1805. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. ABSCONDED from the above plantation, in September last, a negro man, named JAMES HENDERSON, the property of the subscriber (formerly known by the name of SAMBO, when he waited for several years on his late master, Thomas Balkie, deceased), is by trade a carpenter, stout made, five feet six inches high, squints a little, and large red eyes; it is supposed he may be harboured in the vicinity of Dallas-Castle estate, Port-Royal parish, as he was employed fo years on that property. Half-a- Joe reward will be paid to whoever will lodge him in any gaol. Twenty Pounds reward will be given to any person proving to conviction by whom harboured, if by a white person, and Ten Pounds if by a person of colour, on application to James Prydon, Harbour-Street, Kingston; or to the subscriber, on the premises. DAVID LAMONT.
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