Ned-NC-COO32

Title: Ned-NC-COO32
Identifier: NC-COO32
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: N.C. : Star and North Carolina State Gazette
Date: March 10, 1826
Trade: cooper
Enslaver: Seth Speight
Events: 1.Passed for a free man. 2. Self-Emancipated from ENSLAVER Seth Speight.
Home Location: Greene County, N.C.
Item Type: Advertisement
Transcription: 25 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 9th January last, a negro man by the name of NED, about 40 years of age, dark complection[sic], about 5 feet 7 inches high, spare built, rather inclined to be gray haired, has a down look, speaks quick and lively. He is a very canning[sic] and artful chap, and a Cooper by trade. I think it is probable, if he has left this neighborhood, that he will attempt to pass for a free person, and no doubt will alter his name. I have every reason, though, to believe that he is lurking in this or some of the adjoining counties and is harbored by some rascals, whose names I forbear to mention. SETH SPEIGHT, sr.[Senior] Greene county, March 2, 1826. 11 6w
gender: male