Tom - TAN11

Item

Title
Tom - TAN11
Identifier
TAN11
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
Source
South Carolina and American General Gazette
Date
February 3, 1775
Type
Advertisement
Trade
Tanner
gender
Male
Enslaver
Elizabeth Chanler
Transcription
RUN away the 20th of January last, TWO NEGRO MEN, vz. TOM an elderly fellow, by trade a tanner, about five feet six inches high, had on when he went away on all blue jacket and trowsers, a red under jacket, and a silk handkerchief tied about his head; the other named Edinburgh, a young likely fellow, about five feet eight inches high, had on two blue jackets and a pair of trowsers almost new; they carried with them a basket full of cakes, with a white cloth marked S G, and a piece of blue Negro cloth. Whoever will did very said Negroes to me in Charlestown no the Warden of the Work house, shall received FIVE POUNDS reward, which all reasonable charges, from
ELIZABETH CHANLER.
events
1. Self-emancipated from Elizabeth Chanler
homeLocation
Charleston, South Carolina