John Denton
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02425
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Denton
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Marketing, Retail, and Trading
- Biographical Description
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John Denton was an enslaver who resided in Princeton, NJ.
In 1780, he placed a runaway ad for a man named Caesar. The same ad listed a variety of goods that Denton had for sale, including bar-iron, rock, shore salt, spelling books, almanacks, as well as cattle. - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Princeton
- Enslaver of
- Caesar (b. 1755)
- Record Contributor
- Indy Davis
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Runaway ad for Caesar, by John Denton (Runaway ad for Caesar, by John Denton, "One Thousand Dollars Reward," New-Jersey Gazette, November 15, 1780.)
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1780-11-12 Freedom Seeking: Caesar (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
- Resource class
- Agent