1805-08-08 Jailing: Name Unrecorded - Male
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00819
- 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
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On August 8, 1805, a 16-year-old Black boy was imprisoned in Newtown, Bucks County, PA, on suspicion of being a runaway. The boy said he escaped from an enslaver named Mr. Moore who resided in Maidenhead (present-day Lawrence), New Jersey. The jailkeeper Patrick Hunter issued a notice on September 2, 1805, announcing that the boy would be sold if his enslaver did not come to take him away within 30 days.
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Transcript of the source document:
"A Negro Lad,
ABOUT 16 years of age, was committed as a runaway to Newtown goal, on the 8th August. Said Negro said he belonged to ---- Moore, in Jersey, near Maidenhead. The said master is desired to come forward, pay charges, and take him away within 30 days, otherwise he will be sold out to pay expenses.
PATRICK HUNTER, Gaoler
Newton, September 2, 1805." - Event Type
- Jailing
- Date
- August 8, 1805 – September 2, 1805
- Location of Event
- Newtown gaol (jail), Newtown, Pennsylvania
- Related Place
- Lawrence (formerly Maidenhead)
- Preceding Event
- 1805-07 Freedom Seeking: Name Unrecorded - Male
- Primary Participants
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Name Unrecorded - Male (b. 1789) {Moore household}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01985
Role: Jailed Person
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: EnslaverPatrick Hunter
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01984
Role: Jailer - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson