1805-07 Freedom Seeking: Name Unrecorded - Male
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00818
- Source
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Runaway pickup notice for 16-year-old boy, by Patrick Hunter
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Runaway pickup notice for 16-year-old boy, by Patrick Hunter, "A Negro Lad," Trenton Federalist, September 9, 1805.
- Event Description
- A 16-year-old Black boy, whose name is not known, ran away from Mr. Moore of Maidenhead, Hunterdon County (present-day Lawrence, Mercer County) in 1805 or earlier. He was later captured in the area of Newtown, Pennsylvania. See his jailing event for more details.
- Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- July 1805
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Lawrence (formerly Maidenhead)
- Related Place
- Newtown, Pennsylvania
- Following Event
- 1805-08-08 Jailing: Name Unrecorded - Male
- Primary Participants
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Name Unrecorded - Male (b. 1789) {Moore household}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01985
Role: Runaway
Age: 16
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mr. Moore
Verbatim description from source:
"A Negro Lad, ABOUT 16 years of age; said he belonged to ---- Moore, in Jersey, near Maidenhead" - Additional Participants
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Mr. Moore
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01979
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson