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Title
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Dick - SHOE16
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Identifier
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SHOE16
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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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May 14, 1772
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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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David Hopkins
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Home
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David Hopkins's house on the Broad River
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Home Location
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South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from David Hopkins
2. Passed for a free man
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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One Hundred Pounds Reward.
RUN AWAY, or STOLEN from the Sub-scriber, the 29th of September last, a mulatto Fellow, named DICK, of a middle Size, a little Bow-Kneed, a small Scar on his left Knee, and about Twenty Years of Age ; can work at the shoe marker's Business.—He has endeavored to pass by the Name of JOHN, or TOM MACKLIN. The last Accounts of him were from the Head of Tyger River, Where he was a couple of noted Villiant, George Bennet and Joseph Dosay, who have now a Hue and Cry after them. Any Person that will secure the said Slave, and deliver him to me on Broad River, near the Fifth Ford, shall receive the above Reward— He is a remarkable Whistler, and plays on the Violin.
DAVID HOPKINS
