I recently requested a search of the surname Austin from the ESCN (Early South
Carolina Newspapers) surname database.  Included in the report were the
following ads from the Charleston, SC "Gazette" pertaining to the Charleston
company of AUSTIN & LAURENS, Merchants, who dealt in general merchandise,
alcohol and slaves.  There are also a few individual entries following theirs.
If you are unfamiliar with the ESCN Database, I suggest you visit their
website at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/
The full text of the newspapers is on microfilm in various libraries around
the US.  Using the date the article or ad appeared, you can then search the
microfilm for the details. Hope this is helpful for those researching slave
ancestors.

These ads are for slave sales unless noted:
07/22 & 29/1751: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
10/23 & 30/1751: 1 runaway slave; origin Gambia; slave name noted; reward 
11/25/1751: 3 slaves; origin unknown; no slave particulars given
12/06 & 13/1752: 3 slaves; origin unknown; no slave particulars given
01/10/1752: 300 slaves; origin Africa; no slave particulars given
04/20 & 27/1752: 250 slaves; origin Africa; no slave particulars given
05/04 & 11/1752: # slaves unknown; origin Congo; no slave particulars given
05/04/1752: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
11/13 & 20/1752: # slaves unknown; origin Guinea; no slave particulars given
08/06/1753: 170 slaves; origin Africa; no slave particulars given
08/27/1753: 350 slaves; origin Angola; no slave particulars given
08/27/1753: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
09/03/1753: 350 slaves; origin Angola; no slave particulars given
09/03/1753: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
02/19 & 26/1754: # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave particulars given
03/05/1754: # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave particulars given
06/20 & 27/1754: 180 slaves; origin Gold Coast; no slave particulars given
07/18 & 25/1754: 170 slaves; origin River Gambia; no slave particulars given
08/22 & 29/1754: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
08/29/1754: # slaves unknown; origin Sierra Leone; no slave particulars given
09/05/1754: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
03/20 & 27/1755: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
04/03/1755: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
06/12 & 19/1755: 250 slaves origin Angola; no slave particulars given
08/28/1755: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
09/04/1755: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
01/15/1756: # slaves unknown; origin Angola; no slave particulars given
06/17/1756: # slaves unknown; origin Sierra Leone; no slave particulars given
06/17/1756: # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave particulars given
07/29/1756: # slaves unknown; origin Grain Coast; no slave particulars given
08/26/1756: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
08/11/1758: 240 slaves; origin River Gambia; no slave particulars given
08/25/1758: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
09/01 & 08/1758: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted
10/02/1758: 250 slaves; origin Gold Coast; no slave particulars given
10/06 & 13/1758: # slaves unknown; origin Gambia; no slave particulars given
10/13 & 20/1758: 54 slaves; origin Grain Coast; no slave particulars given
12/08, 15 & 22/1758: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name noted

Other ads regarding slaves:
CATTELL & AUSTIN, Ashley River, SC
11/27/1740: 20 slaves; origin unknown; no slave particulars given

AUSTIN, GEORGE, Charleston, SC, merchant
06/04, 11 & 18/1737: 1 runaway slave; origin Gambia; slave name noted
12/22 & 29/1737: 1 runaway slave; origin Gambia; slave name noted
01/05/1738: 1 runaway slave; origin Gambia; slave name noted
02/12, 19 & 26/1754: 1 runaway slave; origin unknown; slave name and skills
noted

AUSTIN, GEORGE (no address or occupation given)
09/23/1732: # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave particulars given

AUSTIN, ROBERT, Charleston, SC; merchant
06/02 & 09/1733: # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave particulars given

AUSTIN, ROBERT, Justice of the Peace (subject crimes; courts; slavery article)
04/05/1739: 2 slaves; origin unknown; slave names noted

AUSTIN, ROBERT (no address or occupation given)
(subject: lost & found, goods & slavery)
08/07, 14, 21, 28/ 1749: 1 slave; slave origin unknown; no slave particulars
given
06/11, 18 & 25/1750: (sale) 1 slave; origin unknown; slave skills noted
07/02/1753: (financial notice) # slaves unknown; origin unknown; no slave
particulars given


AUSTIN, GEORGE, plantation owner
05/03 & 12/1739: 1 runaway slave; native born; slave name noted

AUSTIN, GEORGE, Charleston Neck, SC; plantation owner
11/25/1745: 4 runaway slaves; origin unknown; no slave particulars given

Carolyn Cooper

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