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Title
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Jack - BRIL10
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Identifier
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BRIL10
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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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January 5, 1769
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Notes
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Advertisement submitted by Alexander Fothringham
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Type
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Advertisement
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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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Dr. Archibald M'Neill
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY between three and four mouths ago, a negro fellow named JACK , alias YANKE, speaks preety good English, and is very talkative; he is about five feet high, has a large scar of a wound on his stomach, near one of his sides, has lost some of his fore-teeth, which affects his speech, appears to be about thirty years of age, he to very black, and had on when he went army, a blue negro cloth jacket and breeches; He formerly belonged to Samuel Levington, Esq; deceased, and a well known about Ashepoo and Chehaw, where he formerly lived in his late master's life-time; he is also well known in Charles-Town, having been formerly hired to Mr. Daniel Cannon, and worked for a considerable time as a labourer under William Roger; Bricklayer. Whoever will deliver him to Dr. Archibald M'neillin Dorchester, or to the warden of the work-house in Charles-Town, shall receive FIVE POUND; reward, and all reasonable charges, by applying to either of the subscribers. Any person giving information of his being harboured by a white person, shall receive TWENTY POUNDS, reward, on conviction of the offender, or if harboured by a negro TEN POUNDS reward will be given to the informer, on conviction.
ARCHIBALD M'NEILL.
ALEXANDER FOTHRINGHAM .
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Home
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Dr. Archibald M'Neill's Plantation
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events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Samuel Levington Esq
2. Hired out to Mr. Daniel Cannon
3. Hired out to William Roger
4. Self-emancipated from Dr. Archibald M'Neill
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homeLocation
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Dorchester County, South Carolina
