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Title
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Jack - VA-SHOE29
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Identifier
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VA-SHOE29
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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May 20, 1773
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Enslaver
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Thomas Pemble
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Mr. Stubbs
2. Formerly enslaved by John Fox
3. Self-emancipated from Thomas Pemble
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN away from the subscriber, on the 15th of April, a Negro man named Jack, belonging to Mr. John Fox, of Gloucester county, who I an informed he purchased of the estate of one Mr. Stubbs of said county. He is by trade a shoemaker, and once worked with Mr. Robert Gilbert in Williamsburg, is fond of the violin, and has taken with him a new one, which his master lately gave him; he is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, very black, well proportioned, has large white eyes, is a cunning, artful fellow, and if apprehended will endeavour to make his escape. His cloathing was the same as that of other labouring Negroes. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS to any person that will bring the said fellow to me, at Warwick ferry, on James river, besidespaying all reasonable expences.
THOMAS PEMBLE.
All persons are hereby forewarned from harbouring or entertaining him.—He is well acquainted in Williamsburg and Gloucester, and in many other places in this colony.
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gender
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Male
