Thursday, June 9, 2011
Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg, September 3, 1772
WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772. COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Monday the 31st of last Month, a Negro Fellow who says he is the Property of Colonel Cary of Hampton, and that he belongs to a Quarter in Albemarle; his Name is JOE, is an Ibo Negro, about fifty Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, with three Scars on the right Side of his Face, the middle One the largest, and has on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers, and Negro Cotton Waistcoat. JOHN CONNELLY.
— John Connelly
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia | Date: September 3, 1772 | Credit: John Connelly
Category:
18th century,
Abroad,
Europeans,
Igbo,
Slave notice,
Slavery,
Text,
United States,
Virginia
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