_The South Carolina Weekly Advertiser_, April 2, 1783.
_Brought to the Work House_
A Negro Wench named Sarah, of the Popah country 5 feet 1 inch high, speaks
broken English, she has three of her country marks on her cheeks, 30 or 35
years of age, and says her master's is Timothy Ford, and lives near
George-town; the said Wench SAID SHE WAS CARRIED OFF BY THE BRITISH TO
CHARLESTON.
JOHN GERLEY WARDEN.
June 21, 1784.
_The South Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser_, July 27, 1784.
_Brought to the Work House_
A Negro Fellow named Dick of the Eoboe country, five feet five inches high,
35 years of age, speaks good English, says his master's name is _John
Hill_, and lives near New Charleston in Boston; THE SAID NEGRO FELLOW WAS
CARRIED OFF BY A BRITISH MAN OF WAR, TO SAVANNAH IN GEORGIA; he says his
master is dead, but that his old mistress is living:
JOHN GERLEY WARDEN.
June 21, 1784.
_The South Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser_, July 24, 1784.
"The following is a List of Two Hundred and Forty-one Negroes that were
taken off AT THE EVACUATION OF CHARLESTON, in one transportship the
Scimtar. _They were put on board by Colonel Muncreef and carried to_ ST.
LUCIA. Their families were also carried off at the same time in different
vessels."[1]
_The Gazette of the State of South Carolina_,
November 22 and December 6, 1784.
[1] The list is not given here for the reason that the names are not
written in full. They are such as: "Cato," "Pompey," "Cicero," "Sam,"
etc.