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Abraham - CAB1

Title: Abraham - CAB1
Identifier: CAB1
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American cabinetmakers, Cabinetmakers
Source: South Carolina Gazette
Date: January 1, 1773
Trade: Cabinetmaker
Gender: Male
Enslaver: John Fisher
Events: 1. Formerly enslaved by Stephen Townsend
2. Self-emancipated from John Fisher
Home: John Fisher's Home in Charleston
Home Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Item Type: Advertisement
Transcription: Run-Away, on Christmas-Day last, A NEGRO MAN, named Abraham. He is five Feet six Inches high, about Twenty-seven Years of Age, a Cabinet-Maker by Trade, and was formerly the Property of Mr. Stephen Townshend; Had on when he went away a blue Negro Cloth Coatee, a light or Drab coloured short round Jacket and Breeches.----- Ten Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges, will be paid on the Delivery of him to me in Charles-Town. If harboured by a white Person, a Reward of Forty Pounds will be given on Conviction of the Offender; and if by a Negro, Ten.
JOHN FISHER.