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Title
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Quamino - SAW3
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Identifier
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SAW3
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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South Carolina Gazette
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Date
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July 28, 1733
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Trade
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Sawyer
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Roger Saunders
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Home Location
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South Carolina
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Roger Saunders in 1731
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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Run away near two Years, two Negro Men (being Sawyers) belonging to Roger Saunders, by names Quamino & Quacco; Quamino is a Fellow of a middling Stature. Quacco short, but very well Set, they both speak English very well, and are so crafty, that they would almost deceive any Body and if taken, will frame a very plausible Story that they are not runaways: The said Quacco is mark'd in the Forehead with Gunpowder thus RS Whoever takes the said Negroes, and brings them home, or secure them that they may be had again, shall have 20 l. Reward for each, paid them by the said
Roger Saunders