>From NCGSJ Vol XI no 2 May 1985 Black Craftsmen in NC by Gale Farlow > >ABLE, a black carpenter and caulker, ran away from his master, Mr. PARMELE >of Hyde County, in 1817. (Norfolk and Portsmouth HERALD, 18 June 1817) > >ABRAHAM, a runaway carpenter and house joiner, was held in the jail of >Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in 1797. He claimed to belong to George >Hill PIERCE of Beaufort County, NC, according to the jailer's >advertisement. (Norforlk HERALD AND PUBLIC ADVERTISER, 30 Mar 1797) > >ABRAM (ABRAHAM), a carpenter, ran away at least three times, first in 1795, >in 1801, and in 1803. His first master, John BURGWIN of the Hermitage >Plantation near Wilmington, said that Abraham often "sent out at night >drinking and fiddling" and was known as "FIDLER." When Abraham fled in >1801, he also took some tools with him. After the death of BURGWIN, >Abraham ran away from his second master George CLITHERALL, who had >purchased the BURGWIN Plantation. (Wilmington CHRONICLE, 17 Aug 1795; >Wilmington GAZETTE, 17 Dec 1801 and 20 Jan 1803. > >DICK, a slave bricklayer, ran away from Isaac HILLIARD of Halifax County in >1816. His owner thought that Dick might have gone to Petersburg, Virginia, >to find work there since that city had recently suffered a bad fire. Dick >was twenty-six years old. (Petersburg INTELLIGENCER, 4 Oct 1816) > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >