Slaveholders Listed on This Page
- Good, Robert (Enslaved persons listed: Carlos)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Good, Robert
City or Township: Hope Furnace, Derry Township
County: Mifflin
Occupation: Ironmaster
Notes: Hope Furnace was built circa 1798 or earlier by Colonel William Lewis of Berks County. It was managed by James Blaine, of Perry County, a son-in-law to Lewis. Robert Good was another son-in-law, marrying Lewis' daughter Jane in April 1809.
Sources: The Huntingdon Gazette, 21 April 1809; Franklin Ellis, History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, Philadelphia, 1886, p. 651.
- Enslaved Person's Name: Carlos
Sex: Male
Age: "above 23 years of age"
Date of Birth: circa 1785 or earlier
Status: Self-emancipated April 1808
Description: "Negroe man"
Notes: Carlos escaped from Hope Furnace on April 24, 1808. Robert Good published the following escape notice to try to recover him:
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY,
ON Sunday the 24th of April, from Hope furnace, Derry township in Mifflin county, a Negroe man named Carlos, above 23 years of age; about 5 feet, 2 or 3 inches high. He had on when he went away, a fine linen shirt, a nankeen coat, a white dimity jacket, yellow corded pantaloons, a pair of clouded cotton stockings and a pair of fine round-soled shoes. He is very talkative, and fond of spirits. As he is a good workman in a forge, he will probably offer himself for employment, in some other this state. Ten dollars will be given if he is secured in any jail, so that the subscriber may get him again; and if brought home, reasonable charges will be paid, by
ROBERT GOOD.
Living at Hope furnace.
Date of Record: 25 May 1808
Sources: The Republican Argus (Northumberland), 25 May 1808.
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