1825-09 Freedom Seeking: Tom
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00810
- Source
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Runaway pickup notice for Tom and Frank, by Joseph Bonnington
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Runaway pickup notice for Tom and Frank, by Joseph Bonnington, "Notice," Fredonian, October 26, 1825, p. 3.
- Event Description
- Tom ran away from his enslaver Job Throckmorton of Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ, in 1825 (or earlier). He was later apprehended in the area of Perth Amboy together with a man named Frank, who was running from Wicoff Conover of Monmouth County. It is unclear whether they originally escaped together or met afterward. See the jailing event for Tom and Frank for more details.
- Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- September 1825
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Freehold (Monmouth Court House)
- Related Place
- Perth Amboy
- Following Event
- 1825-10-10 Jailing: Tom, Frank
- Related Event
- 1825-09 Freedom Seeking: Frank
- Primary Participants
-
Tom
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01967
Role: Runaway
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Job Throckmorton
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro...Tom... belong to Job Throckmorton" - Additional Participants
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Job Throckmorton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01969
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson