George Gordon- JA-CAR144

Title: George Gordon- JA-CAR144
Identifier: JA-CAR144
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source: The Royal Gazette
Date: 1815-09-16
Trade: Carpenter
gender: Male
Enslaver: G.Cuthbert
Home: Middleton Estate
events: Self emancipated from the subscriber
Transcription: September 22, 1815 Runaway from Middleton Estate, in St. Thomas in the East, since the 17th August last, a Sambo Man named GEORGE GORDON, a Carpenter: He is stout made, and very plausible, and no doubt will attempt to pass as free. Any person harbouring him will be prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the Law; and whoever will lodge him in any Gaol or Workhouse, or deliver him to the Overseer of the said Estate, shall receive a Reward of Two Pounds Fifteen shillings, on application to Messrs. James T. Harris & Co. Kingston or to the Subscriber. G. CUTHBERT
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