1817 Labor: Charles
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00793
- Source
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Runaway ad for Tine, by Barnt DeKlyn
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Runaway ad for Tine, by Barnt DeKlyn, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, June 29, 1818, p. 3.
- Event Description
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Charles lived with Edmund Burk of Trenton as a hostler (a stableman taking care of horses), prior to working for Barnt DeKlyn. Information about Charles's employment comes from a runaway ad posted by Barnt DeKlyn in 1818. The ad appears to imply that Charles was a free Black man, but his freedom status is uncertain.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 24th and 25th inst. a Mulatto or Yellow Woman, named Tine, or commonly so called; her clothes cannot be described as she had a variety with her, and may change her dress. She took with her a feather bed, bedstead, & c. and went off with a black man, who called himself Charles while in the employ of the subscriber, but may answer to some other name. The woman is of middle size, neither tall nor stout, quick spoken, and very pert in making answers to any question. The black man is of middling stature, smart and active, brought up as a house servant and lately lived with Mr. Edmund Burk of Trenton has hostler. Any person who will apprehend her and confined her in any jail in the state, so that the subscriber can get her again, shall receive above reward.
BARNT DEKLYN.
Trenton, June 27, 1818. 9.3w" - Event Type
- Labor
- Date
- 1817
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Trenton
- Following Event
- 1818-06-24 Freedom Seeking: Tine, Charles
- Primary Participants
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Charles
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01945
Role: Laborer
Age category: Adult
Status: Unknown
Verbatim description from source:
"black man, who called himself Charles while in the employ of the subscriber, but may answer to some other name... The black man is of middling stature, smart and active, brought up as a house servant and lately lived with Mr. Edmund Burk of Trenton as hostler." - Additional Participants
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Edmund Burk
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01993
Role: Employer - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson