1793-01-04 Freedom Seeking: Sam
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-00986
- Source
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Runaway ad for Sam, by Winant Winant
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Runaway ad for Sam, by Winant Winant, "Ten Dollars REWARD," Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser, January 23, 1793, p. 4.
- Event Description
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A Black boy named Sam, aged 18 or 19, ran away from his enslaver Winant Winant of Staten Island (Richmond County), New York, on January 4, 1793.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 4th instant, a Negro Boy, named Sam, about 18 or 19 years of age, had on when he went away, a new greyish mixt cloth coat and waist-coast, light coating trowsers, with strings in his shoes, and had two has, he was about five feet six inches high, spare built and light complexion. Whoever will take up said negro, and bring him to the subscriber shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
WINANT WINANT.
Staten-Island, Jan. 5, 1793.
10 3" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- January 4, 1793
- Location of Event
- Staten Island, New York
- Primary Participants
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Sam (b. 1775)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02383
Role: Runaway
Age: 18
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Winant Winant
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Boy, named Sam, about 18 or 19 years of age; he was about five feet six inches high, spare built and light complexion" - Additional Participants
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Winant Winant
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02381
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker