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Title
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Tom - BRIL8
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Identifier
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BRIL8
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, Bricklayers
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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September 23, 1756
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Trade
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Bricklayer
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Jacob Martin
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Hired out by Jacob Martin
2. Self-emancipated from Jacob Martin
3. Hired himself out
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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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.
