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Title
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Unnamed Knitter #1 - KNI3, SPIN5
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Identifier
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KNI3, SPIN5
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American women--History, Women artisans
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Source
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South Carolina and American General Gazette
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Date
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March 13, 1777
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Trade
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Knitter, Spinner
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Gender
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Female
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Enslaver
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John O'Hear
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Home Location
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Events
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1. Enslaved by John O'Hear
2. To be sold by John Wells, Junior
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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This craftsperson is also found in the following collection: Spinners
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Transcription
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TO be sold before R. Wells’s Store on the Bay, on Tuesday the 18th Day of March, 1777, SIX NE-GROES, belonging to the Estate of John O’Hear, de-ceased; one of them is a Country born Negro, very fit for a Waiting Man ; another is a Girl, an extraordinary good Spinner and Knitter ; a handy Boy, the rest of them Field Slaves, all young and healthy.
JOHN WELLS, jun.
