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Lewis-NC-COO34, NC-SHOE11

Title: Lewis-NC-COO34, NC-SHOE11
Identifier: NC-COO34, NC-SHOE11
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: N.C. : Star and North Carolina State Gazette
Date: January 21, 1830
Trade: cooper, shoemaker
gender: male
Enslaver: Moses Smith
homeLocation: Roseneath, N.C.
events: 1. Formerly Enslaved by ENSLAVER James Johnson. 2.Formerly Enslaved in LOCATION Hertford County, N.C. 3. Self-emancipated from ENSLAVER Moses Smith.
Type: Advertisement
Notes: This craftsperson is also found in the following collections:cooper,shoemaker.
Transcription: Twenty-five Dollars Reward Ran away from the subscriber, on the 8th of November last, my negro man LEWIS, a first rate cooper and common shoemaker. Lewis is the rise of six feet high, fifty two or three years old, and formerly belonged to James Johnson, of Hertford county. He took with him his shoemaking tools, and I expect is lurking in the neighborhood of Pitch Landing, in Hertford county. All persons are forbid harboring or employing said negro or carrying him off, under the peanlty of the law. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to me. MOSES SMITH Roseneath, Halifax county,} N.C. Jan'y 16, 1830}