1799-11 Freedom Seeking: Henry Hall
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00797
- 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
- Henry Hall escaped from his enslaver and ran to New Jersey in 1799 (or earlier). The name of his enslaver and his point of origin is uncertain, and it may have been Maryland or Virginia (Chesapeake Bay area). He was later apprehended around Middlesex County. See the related jailing event for Henry Hall for details.
- Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- November 1799
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Related Place
- Middlesex County
- Following Event
- 1799-12-31 Jailing: Adam Hill, Henry Hall, Isaac Harmone
- Primary Participants
-
Henry Hall (b. 1773)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01949
Role: Runaway
Age: 26
Status: Enslaved
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro man; Henry Hall, about six feet high, supposed to be about 26 years old, and some gentleman’s coach man or waiter, and from his dialect, judged to be from Maryland or Virginia" - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson