1792-09-25 Freedom seeking: Will

Title

1792-09-25 Freedom seeking: Will

Identifier

NJS-EVE-00487

Source

Runaway ad for Will, by James Fleming

Runaway ad for Will, by James Fleming, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," New-Jersey State Gazette, October 17, 1792, p. 3.

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

Date

25 September 1792

Location of Event

Shrewsbury

Primary Participant

Will (b. 1764)

Enslaver

James Fleming

Participant Details

DETAILS FOR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS:

*** Will (b. 1764) ***
Role: Runaway
Age: 28
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Fleming
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named WILL...he is about 28 years of age, and about five feet four inches high, and has a scar on his chin"

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DETAILS FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

James Fleming
Role: Enslaver - Advertiser

Record Contributor

Jesse Bayker