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Title
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Abraham - CAB1
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Identifier
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CAB1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American cabinetmakers, Cabinetmakers
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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January 1, 1773
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Trade
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Cabinetmaker
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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John Fisher
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Home
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John Fisher's Home in Charleston
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Stephen Townsend
2. Self-emancipated from John Fisher
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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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.
