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This person of African descent has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.

Identifier

NJS-PER-02517

Given Name

Sam

Birth Date

1776

Sex

Male

Biographical Description

Sam was an enslaved Black man who lived in Princeton, NJ, in the late 18th century. He was born circa 1776. He ran away in 1795 together with a friend named Jim and went to Trenton, Philadelphia, and then possibly Baltimore.

Sam was enslaved by either John Dye or John Schenck (or possibly, though less likely, by both of them); these two enslavers jointly posted a runaway notice in pursuit of Jim and Sam, and the runaway ad did not clarify which of the two enslavers held Sam in bondage prior to his escape.

Keywords

African descent person

Places

Baltimore, Maryland

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Princeton

Trenton

Enslaved by

John Dye

John Schenck

Related Person

Jim (b. 1775)

Record Contributor

Kayra Guven

Princeton & Slavery Project

Linked Events

Primary Participant in:

• 1795-04 Freedom Seeking: Jim, Sam (Role: Runaway)