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Aston-NC-COO16, NC-SHOE3

Title: Aston-NC-COO16, NC-SHOE3
Identifier: NC-COO16, NC-SHOE3
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: Wilmington Gazette
Date: April 19, 1799
Trade: copper, shoemaker
gender: male
Enslaver: Shadrick Stallings
homeLocation: Rock Fish, NC.
events: 1. Passed for a free man. 2. Self-emancipated from ENSLVER Shadrick Stallings
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson is also found in the following collections, cooper, shoemaker.
Transcription: RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Monday the 8th inst. a negro fellow named ASTON, a country born slave, about twenty-four years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, of a yellowish complexion, and stutters when sharply spoken to--being very artful, he will in all probability, endeavor to pass for a free man--he can do a little at the coopering and shoemaking business--he had on when he went away, a light colored cloth coat, broad brim'd hat; and had with him nankeen and homespun small clothes--he was born inthe county of Wake, and may possibly make that way or to Wilmington. Any person who will apprehend and secure the said slave shall have a reward of thirty dollars & all reasonable charges, by delivering him to me at Rockfish, Duplin county, or securing in any goal, so that I get him again. SHADRICK STALLINGS. Rockfish, Duplin county, April 12.