1800-12-02 Freedom Seeking: Peter
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00813
- Source
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Runaway ad for Peter, by John Stevenson
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Runaway ad for Peter, by John Stevenson, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, December 9, 1800, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On 2 December 1800, Peter, aged 35, escaped from enslaver John Stevenson of Amwell, NJ.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty Dollars Reward.
Ran-away from the subscriber, on Tuesday the 2d of this instant, a NEGRO MAN named PETER, about thirty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high; had on a fox colored hat, light colored green coat, dark tight-bodied coat, swansdown vest, low trousers, all very much worn. Any person apprehending said negro, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges, from
JOHN STEVENSON
Amwell, December 5, 1800. 93--tf." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- December 2, 1800
- Location of Event
- Amwell
- Primary Participants
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Peter (b. 1770)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01973
Role: Runaway
Age: 30
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Stevenson (1760-1811)
Verbatim description from source:
"a NEGRO MAN named PETER, about thirty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high" - Additional Participants
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John Stevenson (1760-1811)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01620
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson