1802-01-06 Jailing: Jack
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00805
- Source
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Jailbreak notice for Jack, by David Wrighter
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Jailbreak notice for Jack, by David Wrighter, "Eight Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, January 12, 1802, p. 4.
- Event Description
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Jack was imprisoned in the Trenton jail for stealing a cow from his enslaver, Amos Moore. He arrived at the jail sometime before January 7, 1802.
Information about this event comes from a jailbreak notice for Jack. It is uncertain how long he was in jail before he broke out.
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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
- Jailing
- Date
- January 6, 1802
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Trenton gaol (jail), Trenton
- Preceding Event
- 1801-12 Property Appropriation: Jack
- Following Event
- 1802-01-07 Freedom Seeking: Jack
- Primary Participants
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Jack (b. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01955
Role: Jailed Person
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
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Amos Moore (1748-1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01960
Role: EnslaverDavid Wrighter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01320
Role: Jailer - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson