Tom - BRIL8

Item

Title
Tom - BRIL8
Identifier
BRIL8
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Bricklayers
Source
South Carolina Gazette
Date
September 23, 1756
Type
Advertisement
Trade
Bricklayer
gender
Male
Enslaver
Jacob Martin
Transcription
MY negro fellow Cuffee (with a wooden leg) frequently hiring himself out without my knowledge, whereby I am defrauded of his wages: This is forbid the hiring of him but of me, on pain of prosecution. - I have also a well known very good negro bricklayer (named Tom) to hire out by the month or year. And a brick house in Union Street, to lett, situate at the corner of Unity Alley, and very commodious for business. Inquire of JACOB MARTIN.
events
1. Hired out by Jacob Martin
2. Self-emancipated from Jacob Martin
3. Hired himself out
homeLocation
Charleston, South Carolina