1810-05-27 Freedom Seeking: Nell
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00802
- Source
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Runaway ad for Nell (alias Bets), by John P. Poillon
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Runaway ad for Nell (alias Bets), by John P. Poillon, "Fifteen Dollar Reward," Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser, May 31, 1810, p. 3. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 15.
- Event Description
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On Sunday night May 27, 1810, Nell (also known as Bets) ran away from her enslaver John P. Poillon in Staten Island. The enslaver placed an ad offering a reward of 15 dollars for Nell in the New Jersey newspaper called the Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Fifteen Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber, on Sunday last, a negro woman by the name of Nell, and has also called herself Bets, about 32 years old, an Indian looking mulatto, a square built wretch of middling size and has a scar on her upper lip, had on a black chip bonnet and callico gown, brought up to all kinds of house work, the above reward and reasonable charges shall be paid any person who may apprehend said wench and return her, or secure her so that her master gets her again.
JOHN P. POILLON.
Richmond County, Staten Island, May 28 1810." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- May 27, 1810
- Location of Event
- Staten Island, New York
- Primary Participants
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Nell (b. 1778) {aka Bets}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01958
Role: Runaway
Age: 32
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John P. Poillon
Verbatim description from source:
"a negro woman by the name of Nell, and has also called herself Bets, about 32 years old, an Indian looking mulatto, a square built wretch of middling size and has a scar on her upper lip" - Additional Participants
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John P. Poillon
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01959
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley