Runaway ad for Sam, by James Stevenson

Identifier: NJS-SRC-00593
Source Type: Runaway Advertisement
Item: Runaway ad for Sam, by James Stevenson
Headline: Eight Dollars Reward
Creator: James Stevenson (1763-1839)
Publication: Brunswic Gazette
Place of Publication: New Brunswick
Date of Issue: 1 May 1792
Date Submitted: 27 April 1792
Page: 3
Transcript: Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber the 24th inst. a Negro Boy named Sam, eighteen years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, had on when he went away, a wool hat, sailor coat, waistcoat, and trowsers, all grey linsey, stript linsey shirt, grey stockings, old shoes, a remarkable scar on one of his legs; any person apprehending said negro and securing him so that his master may get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges paid by me,
JAMES STEVENSON.
Amwell, Hunterdon County, April 27, 1792.
Language: English
Archive: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival Collection: Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193)
Archival Location: Box 27, Folder 5
Related Resource: Bayker, Jesse, Christopher Blakley, and Kendra Boyd. “His Name Was Will: Remembering Enslaved Individuals in Rutgers History.” In Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History, edited by MARISA J. FUENTES and DEBORAH GRAY WHITE, 58–81. Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Record Contributor: Brenann Sutter; Caitlin Wiesner; Jesse Bayker

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