1802-01-02 Freedom Seeking: Harry
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00814
- Source
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Runaway ad for Harry, by Lambert DeCamp (Centinel of Freedom)
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Runaway ad for Harry, by Lambert DeCamp (Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette)
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Runaway ad for Harry, by Lambert DeCamp, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, January 12, 1802, p. 3.
Runaway ad for Harry, by Lambert DeCamp, "Ten Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, January 19, 1802. - Event Description
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A 21-year-old Black man named Harry ran away from his enslaver Lambert DeCamp on January 2 or 3, 1802. He ran from Rahway near the Bridgetown area (which was at that time considered part of Woodbridge, Middlesex County). Harry's enslaver issued a notice a few days later offering a $10 reward for Harry's capture. The advertisement was printed in the Centinel of Freedom newspaper in Newark and also in the Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette in Trenton.
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Transcripts of the source documents.
From "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, January 12, 1802, p. 3:
"TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Rahway, near Bridge-Town, Middlesex County, the 2d or 3d instant, a NEGRO MAN, named HARRY, about 21 years of age, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout made, middling dark complexion, with a scar on his left hand a little back of his thumb, occasioned by inoculation for the small pox — had on and took with him, a great-coat, tight-coat, waist-coat and trowsers, all of mixed homespun, black and white, all new; also, a new roram hat; also, a striped thin under waistcoat; also, two pair of stockings and two pair of shoes, one pair of thin calf skin; also, a striped woolen shirt, blue and white, one ditto white linen. Whoever will apprehend said Negro and deliver him to the subscriber, or confine him in any gaol and give information so that he may be had, shall be entitled to the above reward and all reasonable charges paid by
LOMBERT DE CAMP
January 2, 1802.
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From "Ten Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, January 19, 1802:
"Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY on the 2nd or 3rd instant, from Mr. Lambert D Camp, living in Rahway, near Bridgetown, Middlesex County, a negro man named HARRY about 21 years old, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout male, middling dark complexion, with a scar on his left hand, occasioned by inoculation of the small-pox — Had on and took with him, a new rorum hat, a great coat, tight coat, waistcoat and trousers, all home-spun, mixed black and white, and new; also a striped linen under waistcoat, also two pair of stockings, and two pair of shoes, one of calf skin, new; also a striped woolen shirt, blue and white, one do linen, white. Whoever will apprehend said negro, and deliver him to the subscriber, or confine him in any gaol so that he may be had, shall be entitled to the above reward and all reasonable charges by me.
LAMBERT D CAMP
Rahway, Middlesex County, Jan. 6, 1802.
31-3W" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- January 2, 1802 – January 3, 1802
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Bridgetown, Rahway
- Following Event
- 1802-02 Capture: Harry
- Primary Participants
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Harry (b. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01975
Role: Runaway
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Lambert DeCamp (1733-1814)
Verbatim description from source:
" a negro named HARRY about 21 years old, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout male, middling dark complexion, with a scar on his left hand, occasioned by inoculation of the small-pox" - Additional Participants
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Lambert DeCamp (1733-1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01974
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson