Isaac Coats · New Jersey Slavery Records · New Jersey Slavery Records

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This white person has 12 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.

Record Title

Isaac Coats

Identifier

NJS-PER-02501

Given Name

Isaac

Family Name

Coats

Alternate Name

Isaac Coates

Sex

Male

Occupation

Crafts and Trades

Biographical Description

Isaac Coats was an enslaver who lived in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary Era. He resided on Vine Street in the 1770s. He was a brickmaker. One of the people he enslaved was a young chimney sweep named Silas (called Sy for short), who ran away to New Jersey multiple times in the early 1770s. Coats submitted at least 7 separate runaway advertisements for Silas to the Pennsylvania Journal newspaper between 1764 and 1772.

Keywords

white person

enslaver

Place of Significance

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Enslaver of

Silas (b. 1752) {Sy}

References

Coats Jr., Isaac. Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum. https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25841.

Record Contributor

Kayra Guven

Princeton & Slavery Project

Linked Sources

Author:

Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped July 1764, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped July 1764, by Isaac Coats, Pennsylvania Journal, July 12, 1764, p. 1.)
Runaway ad for Silas, escaped March 1770, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas, escaped March 1770, by Isaac Coats, "RUN-AWAY," Pennsylvania Journal, April 19, 1770, p. 3.)
Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), in August 1770, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), in August 1770, by Isaac Coats, Pennsylvania Journal, August 23, 1770, p. 3.)
Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Say), escaped in January 1771, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Say), escaped in January 1771, by Isaac Coats, "Two Dollars Reward," Pennsylvania Journal, February 7, 1771, p. 3.)
Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), follow-up in March 1771, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), follow-up in March 1771, by Isaac Coats, "SIX DOLLARS REWARD," Pennsylvania Journal, March 7, 1771, p. 3.)
Runaway ad for Silas (name not listed), escaped in June 1771 with an iron collar around his neck, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (name not listed), escaped in June 1771 with an iron collar around his neck, by Isaac Coats, "TWO DOLLARS REWARD," Pennsylvania Journal, June 27, 1771, p. 3.)
Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped January 1772 with an iron collar around his neck, by Isaac Coats (Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped January 1772 with an iron collar around his neck, by Isaac Coats, "Run away, on the 13th Instant," Pennsylvania Journal, January 23, 1772, p. 3.)

Linked Events

Additional Participant in:

1764-07-01 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1764-08 Capture: Silas (Role: Enslaver)
1770-03 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1770-05 Capture: Silas (Role: Enslaver)
1770-08 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1770-09 Capture: Silas (Role: Enslaver)
1771-01-29 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1771-02-09 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1771-04 Capture: Silas (Role: Enslaver)
1771-06-24 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
1771-07 Capture: Silas (Role: Enslaver)
1772-01-13 Freedom seeking: Silas (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)