Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/895 Title 1838-03-17, Peter, Male, Resistance (Freedom seeking) Description Peter, an enslaved man owned by John Talmadge, ran away. Partial transcript: "a mulatto man, Peter, a Blacksmith, 27 or 28 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, most of his teeth lost by mercury when small, a scar on his back by a heavy blister... well known as a workman to all of the students in this College and graduates for the last 14 years." Event Type Resistance: Freedom seeking Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1838-03-17 Source 847 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014069/1838-03-17/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue March 17, 1838, page 3 Primary Participant 894 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 27 or 28 Task Performed Blacksmith -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/854 Title 1842-02-04, Coley, Male, Resistance (Freedom seeking) Description Coley, an enslaved man owned by Thomas W. Harris, ran away. Partial Transcript: "My man Coley, well known [in] Athens, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett, Monroe, and Walton county. Whoever will deliver him to me, shall be well paid, and all expenses [paid]... Coley is about thirty years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, rather yellowish complexion, a little stoop-shouldered, smiling countenance when spoken too, fond of drink and dress." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/529 Resistance: Freedom seeking Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1841-02-04 Source 847 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014069/1842-02-04/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue February 4, 1842; Page 3 Primary Participant 853 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Enslaver 852 --