NC.NEW.166.17880618.2.1646

Run-away, or kidnaped [sic]

RUN-AWAY, or KIDNAPED, FROM the subscriber, on Friday the 13th instant, a mulatto fellow named CHARLES, who is well known, in, and about Wilmington, that his person requires no particular description. The subscriber has great reason to believe that CHARLES has got on board of Capt. Stewart's vessel, bound to Jamaica, in which went passenger, a Mr. Barnes, merchant, who has resided in this town for some considerable time past. Any person that will give such information as will enable me to prosecute the captain, or his securties to effect, shall receive a reward of TWENTY POUNDS. James Geekie. June 16, 1788.

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Date(s) of departure
6/13/1788
Residence
Wilmington, NC
County(s) of residence
New Hanover County
Presumed destination(s)
Jamaica

Publication information

3 people are documented within NC.NEW.166.17880618.2.1646
Name Role in document
James Geekie Placing Ad
Charles Slave
James Geekie Slaveholder