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Henry- NC-COO53

Title: Henry- NC-COO53
Identifier: NC-COO53
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Coopers and cooperage
Source: Wilmington, N.C. : Daily Journal;
Date: January 19, 1863
Trade: cooper
gender: male
Enslaver: James J. Green
homeLocation: Albany, GA
events: 1. Formerly Enslaved by ENSLAVER Richard H. Grant in LOCATION Willmington, N.C. 2. Self- emanicpated from ENSLAVER James J.Green.
Type: Advertisement
Transcription: $100 REWARD. RUNAWAY from the Subscriber, on the 17th day of December, 1862, ,y boy HENRY. Said boy is about thirty years old, black complexion, six feet high, weighs about 175 lbs., and a Cooper by trade. He has a wife in the town of Wilmington, formerly belonging to Richard H. Grant. He has been making salt on the Sounds this past fall. I will pay One HUNDRED DOLLARS for his confinement in any jail where I can get him. JAMES J. GREEN. Albany, Georgia, Dec. 30th, 1862. 72-1m*