Runaway ad for Tom, by Elijah Hunt

Runaway ad for Tom, by Elijah Hunt
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-02134
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Headline
40 Dollars Reward
Publication
True American
Place of Publication
Trenton
Date of Issue
September 10, 1810
Date Submitted
August 28, 1810
Page
2
Transcript
40 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the evening of the 25th inst. a MULATTO SLAVE named TOM, about 19 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, very light complexioned, spare and slender person, thin visage and rather handsome face. Roman nose, slow of speech, and embarrassed in his delivery, had on and took with him a dark colored homespun cloth coat, tow and linen trowsers (the filling of a ley color, and warp the color of flax) one corduroy and one nankeen pair of trowsers, four shirts (two of tow & linen, two of finer texture.)
Whoever will apprehend said Slave, and deliver him to the subscriber near Princeton, or secure him in any jail in this state shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges.
ELIJAH HUNT.
Princeton, August 28, 1810. 3-97
Language
English
Record Contributor
Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
Princeton & Slavery Project
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