1802-01-07 Freedom Seeking: Jack

Identifier
NJS-EVE-00803
Source
Jailbreak notice for Jack, by David Wrighter

Jailbreak notice for Jack, by David Wrighter, "Eight Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, January 12, 1802, p. 4.
Event Description
On January 7, 1802, Jack escaped from jail in Trenton, NJ, where he was imprisoned for stealing a cow from his enslaver Amos Moore. The Trenton jailer David Wrighter published a runaway notice offering a reward for Jack's capture.

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Transcript of the source document:

"Eight Dollars Reward.
BROKE gaol, on Thursday the 7th instant, Jack, a Negro slave, the property of Amos Moore, who stands charged with having privately taken and stolen from his said master, a red Cow; he is about twenty years of age, five feet and a half inches high, of a black complexion-Had on when he went away, a mixed coloured great coat, deep blue tight bodied do. blue vest and trousers, mixed blue stockings, old shoes, and an old hat. Whoever takes up said Negro, and delivers him to the subscriber, shall be entitled to the above reward and reasonable charges.
DAVID WRIGHTER, Gaoler.
Trenton, January 11, 1802. 50-3w"
Event Type
Freedom Seeking
Date
January 7, 1802
Location of Event
Trenton gaol (jail), Trenton
Preceding Event
1802-01-06 Jailing: Jack
Primary Participants

Jack (b. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01955
Role: Runaway
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Amos Moore (1748-1814)
Verbatim description from source:
"Jack, a Negro slave, the property of Amos Moore; he is about twenty years of age, five feet and a half inches high, of a black complexion"
Additional Participants

Amos Moore (1748-1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01960
Role: Enslaver
Comment: original enslaver of Jack

David Wrighter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01320
Role: Advertiser
Comment: jailer, offered a reward for Jack's return
Record Contributor
Kate Jackson
Resource class
Event