-
Title
-
Billy - VA-SHOE22
-
Identifier
-
VA-SHOE22
-
Source
-
Virginia Gazette
-
Date
-
October 30, 1779
-
Enslaver
-
Joseph Penn
-
Events
-
1. Formerly enslaved by John Greenhow
2. Self-emancipated from Joseph Penn
-
Item Type
-
Advertisement
-
Transcription
-
RUN away from the subscriber in Amherst county, about the middle of August last, two negro follows, viz . BILLY, about twenty years old Virginia born, well made, rather tall than otherwise, and is much marked on his legs with a breaking out, which is but lately healed up. He has served at the trade of shoemaking same years in Williamsburg , where he was brought up, and belonged to Mr. John Greenbow of the same place, where I expect he will endeavour to get to again. SAM, about nineteen years old, Virginia born, middle sized, of yellow complexion, and likely. I must believe he was carried off by Billy . I will give a reward of thirty dollars for each to any person that will apprehend the said runaways, and have them confined in any publick jail, or for delivering to me, one hundred dollars for each.
JOSEHP PENN.
-
gender
-
Male
