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Title
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Joe - SHOE25
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Identifier
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SHOE25
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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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February 4, 1780
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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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Patrick Hinds
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Charles Dewar
2. Self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Given the clues provided in the advertisement, it is plausible that Joe may have self-emancipated from Patrick Hinds's home at 20 Beaufain Street Charleston, South Carolina. Hinds listed 20 Beaufain Street as his address in the 1782 Charleston City Directory. For more, see John Hagy, The People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782 - 1802.
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Transcription
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Five Hundred Dollars Reward.
RUN away the 25th of December, 1779, a negro man named JOE, a thin black fellow, a shoemaker by trade, about 5 feet 7 inches high, 35 years old, formerly the property of Charles Dewar, deceased; had on when he went away, a blue homespun jacket and trowsers, this country born. The above reward will be paid when the said fellow is delivered in Charlestown to
PATRICK HINDS.
