-
Title
-
Joshua - TAN12
-
Identifier
-
TAN12
-
Subject
-
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
-
Source
-
South Carolina and American General Gazette
-
Date
-
August 21, 1776
-
Trade
-
Tanner
-
Gender
-
Male
-
Enslaver
-
Edmond Fitzpatrick
-
Home Location
-
Charleston, South Carolina
-
Events
-
1. Formerly enslaved by James Stewart
2. Hired out to Mr. Hopton's tan yard
3. Self-emancipated from Edmond Fitzpatrick
-
Item Type
-
Advertisement
-
Transcription
-
RUN Away from the subscriber sometime ago, a Negro Fellow named JOSHUA, or JOSH, a short squat thin made fellow, belonging to the estate of James Stewart, tanner, deceased, about 28 or 30 years of age, has been working in Mr. Hopton's tan-yard at Ansonborough, for several years. Whoever will deliver him to me, at Mr. Hopton's tan- yard in Ansonborough, or to the Warden of the Workhouse, shall receive Five Pounds reward, besides all reasonable expences. And any Person informing of his being harboured by a white man shall receive a further Reward of Twenty Pounds, if by a negro of Ten Pounds. EDMOND FITZPATRICK. August 12th, 1776.
