Cato - TAI14

Item

Title
Cato - TAI14
Identifier
TAI14
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
Royal Gazette
Date
March 27, 1782
Type
Advertisement
Trade
Tailor
gender
Male
Enslaver
Stephen Thomas
Transcription
Ten Guineas Reward. RUN away from me, a very likely negro fellow named CATO, a taylor by trade, about 23 years of age, commonly wears a light coloured coat with a double row plain white buttons, a brown waistcoat edged with white; he has five fingers on each hand. Any person delivering said negro to me or to the Warden of the Sugar- House shall receive ONE GUINEA reward, and the above reward of Ten Guineas to them that will give information of his being harboured by a white person or free negro, on conviction of the offenders, shall be paid by
STEPHEN THOMAS. N.B. All masters of vessels are forwarned from carrying him off.
events
1. Self-emancipated from Stephen Thomas
homeLocation
South Carolina