New Jersey Slavery Records · 1792, Will, Freedom seeking (Resistance)

1792, Will, Freedom seeking (Resistance)

Title: 1792, Will, Freedom seeking (Resistance)
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00487
Event Description: Will ran away from his enslaver James Fleming of Shrewsbury, NJ, on Tuesday, September 25, 1792.

The following is a complete transcript of the runaway ad that James Fleming published on October 17, 1792, in the New Jersey Gazette:

"TEN DOLLARS REWARD.

Runaway from the subscriber, living in Monmouth county, township of Shrewsbury, on Tuesday the 25th ult. a negro man named WILL : Had on when he went away, a homespun gray coat and light blue vest, an old felt hat, and [undecipherable] trousers—he is about 28 years of age, and about five feet four inches high, and has a scar on his chin.—The above reward will be paid to any person who will apprehend said runaway, and secure him in any gaol, whereby his master may get him again.

JAMES FLEMING.

Shrewsbury township, Oct. 17, 1792 ¶ 6 3w"
Event Type: Resistance: Freedom seeking
Action Status: Completed
Date: 25 September 1792
Location: Shrewsbury, NJ
Primary Participant: Will (b. 1764)
Sex: Male
Age: Adult; 28
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver of Primary Event Participant: James Fleming
Source: Runaway ad for Will; Runaway ad for Will, by James Fleming. New-Jersey State Gazette. October 17, 1792.
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker