1810-08-25 Freedom Seeking: Tom
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01246
- Source
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Runaway ad for Tom, by Elijah Hunt
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Runaway ad for Tom, by Elijah Hunt, "40 Dollars Reward," True American, September 10, 1810, p. 2.
- Event Description
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On August 25, 1810, an enslaved man named Tom ran away from Elijah Hunt of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Transcript of the source document:
"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" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- August 25, 1810
- Location of Event
- Princeton
- Primary Participants
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Tom (b. 1791)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02907
Role: Runaway
Age: 19
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Elijah Hunt
Verbatim description from source:
"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" - Additional Participants
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Elijah Hunt
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02906
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
- Princeton & Slavery Project