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Title
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Frank - SHOE22
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Identifier
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SHOE22
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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 and American General Gazette
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Date
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March 16, 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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Isaac Nichols
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Home Location
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South Carolina
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Events
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1. Hired out to Henry Fletcher
2. Self-emancipated from Josiah Perry
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away, a MULATTO MAN by name FRANK, belonging to the estate of Isaac Nichols, a SHOEMAKER by trade, was at work with Mr. Henry Fletcher when he went away, carried several suits of cloaths with him, and his shoemaking tools, and is thought will make for the back parts of this province and pass for a free man ; he is about five feet eight inches high, has a down look: TEN POUNDS currency will be paid by me to any person that will take up and deliver the said Mulatto man to me or to the Warden of the Work-house in Charlestown ; and a further reward of FIFTY POUNDS currency will be paid by me to any person that will give information of the said Mulatto man being harboured by any white man, on conviction of the offender. JOSIAH PERRY.
