1799-11 Freedom Seeking: Adam Hill
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00796
- Source
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Runaway pickup notice for Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone
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Runaway pickup notice for Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone, "In custody in Middlesex gaol, the following Negro men, to wit," Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser, January 7, 1800, p. 3. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 15.
- Event Description
- Adam Hill escaped from enslaver William McMurtrie of Philadelphia, PA, at some point in 1799 (or earlier) and ran to New Jersey. He was later apprehended around Middlesex County. See the related jailing event for Adam Hill for details.
- Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- November 1799
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Related Place
- Middlesex County
- Following Event
- 1799-12-31 Jailing: Adam Hill, Henry Hall, Isaac Harmone
- Primary Participants
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Adam Hill (b. 1778)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01948
Role: Runaway
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William McMurtrie (1740-1807)
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro man; ADAM HILL, says he belongs to Wm. Mc. Muturie of Philadelphia, 21 years old" - Additional Participants
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William McMurtrie (1740-1807)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01956
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson