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1793, Stephen, Freedom seeking (Resistance)
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Title
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1793, Stephen, Freedom seeking (Resistance)
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Identifier
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NJS-EVE-00490
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Event Description
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Stephen, aged 20, ran away from his enslaver Richard Wescoat at Great Egg-Harbour on or about Sunday, May 19, 1793. The enslaver published a runaway notice for Stephen offering a reward of 16 dollars for his capture, describing him as a "Mulatto Slave," and noting that Stephen broke into a trunk and took some bank notes and coins before he left.
The following is the complete transcript of the runaway advertisement published by Richard Wescoat in the newspaper New-Jersey State Gazette on May 22, 1793:
"SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, living at Great Egg-Harbour, Gloucester county on Sunday night last, a Mulatto Slave, about twenty years of age; had on when he went away a white shirt, new ticklenburgh trousers, blue sailor۪s jacket, wool hat, shoes with plated buckles; he is very much pitted with small-pox, a short chunky fellow, of a sour countenance, and goes by the name of Stephen. He broke open a trunk and stole two ten dollar Bank Notes, five Spanish milled dollars, and some small pieces of silver. Whoever takes up the said slave, and brings him back to his master, or secures him in any gaol so that he may be got again, shall leave the above reward and all resonable charges.
RICHARD WESCOAT
May 20, 1793. 37 3w"
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Date
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19 May 1793
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Sex
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Male
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Age
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Young Adult
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20
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Source
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Runaway ad for Stephen
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Runaway ad for Stephen, by Richard Wescoat. New-Jersey State Gazette. May 22, 1793.
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Record Contributor
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Jesse Bayker