>from NCGSJ Volume XI No 2 May 1985 Black Craftsmen in NC by Gale Farrow > >DICK, a slave blacksmith, ran away from Henry HATCH'S plantation in Jones >County in 1811. He was twenty-two years old. (New Bern TRUE REPUBLICAN, 7 >Aug 1811) > >EALY, a carpenter and shoemaker, took his mulatto wife when he ran away >from Edgecombe County in 1800. His master, Reddick PINDER, described the >slave as about forty years old and mentioned that he stole a horse when he >left. (Norfolk HERALD, 12 Aug 1800) > >JACOB, a blacksmith, ran away from Lawrence MOORE of Anson County in 1799. >Jacob had been purchased in Beaufort County and was expected to return >there. (Halifax NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL, 18 Feb 1799) > >JAMES, an axmaster and blacksmith, ran away from Aaron LAMBERT of Jones >County in 1794. James was twenty-four. (New Bern NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE, >ll Jan 1794) > >JIM, a blacksmith, ran away from James DOUGLAS of Wadesboro in 1814. >Before he left, Jim had "the chief management of the shop: and although a >blacksmith by trade, "was expert at any business, particularly at the saw". > The master expected Jim to change his name and pass for free. Resistance >to capture was expected since DOUGLAS said that "a reward of five dollars >will be given to any person killing him in the attempt to take him." >(Raleigh THE STAR, 8 July 1814) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >