1799-12-06 Jailing: John
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00498
- Source
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Runaway pickup notice for John, by Henry Drake
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Runaway pickup notice for John, by Henry Drake, "TAKEN UP," New-Jersey State Gazette, December 31, 1799, p. 3.
- Event Description
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John, a French-speaking Black boy aged 16, ran away from his enslaver Mr. Reausseau in New York. The exact date of his escape is not known, and it is uncertain how long he was on the run.
On Friday, December 6, 1799, he was captured and jailed in Trenton. Henry Drake, Marshal for the city of Trenton, issued a notice of John's jailing in the Trenton newspaper New-Jersey State Gazette on December 10, 1799. Below is a transcript of the notice as it appeared in the December 31, 1799, issue of the paper:
"TAKEN UP
AND committed to gaol on Friday last, a French Negro Boy, by the name of JOHN, about 16 years of age, five feet 5 inches high, well built; has on a blue cap, mixed colored coat, brown pantaloons and half-boots—Says he is from New-York, and that his master lived near the New-Gaol, by the name of Reausseau, formerly of Jeremie in St. Domingo.—His owner is desired to send for him, pay charges and take him away, within four weeks, or he will be sold to pay charges.
HENRY DRAKE, Marshal.
Trenton, Dec. 10, '99. 41-4w." - Event Type
- Jailing
- Date
- December 6, 1799
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Location of Event
- Trenton gaol (jail), Trenton
- Related Place
- New York City, New York
- Preceding Event
- 1799-12 Freedom Seeking: John
- Primary Participants
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John (b. ca. 1783)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01322
Role: Jailed Person
Age: 16
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mr. Reausseau
Verbatim description from source:
"French Negro Boy, by the name of JOHN, about 16 years of age, five feet 5 inches high, well built" - Additional Participants
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Henry Drake
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01319
Role: JailerMr. Reausseau
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01321
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker