Runaway ad for Prince, by William Peartree Smith
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01118
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- RUN away on the 13th of August
- Publication
- New-York Gazette, or, the Weekly Post-Boy
- Place of Publication
- New York City, New York
- Date of Issue
- August 21, 1758
- Page
- 3
- Description
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This advertisement first appeared in the newspaper on August 21, 1758, and this version ran for three weeks until September 4.
The ad was subsequently updated to specify that the reward would be five pounds. The updated version of the ad first appeared in the September 18 issue. - Transcript
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RUN away on the 13th of August Instant, from William Peartree Smith Esq; of Elizabeth-Town in New Jersey; A Negro Man called Prince, had on a Leather Cap, Linnen Waistcoat and Breeches, coarse blue Stockings, a thick pair of Shoes, speaks English and Dutch, has lived in Jamaica in the West-Indies with Mr Simon Parsco, and in Dutchess-County, in New York Colony with Mr. Nixon, has been lately seen in New-York, and it is said has passed King's-Bridge, where he shewed a Pass and pretended that he belonged to a Butcher in New-York, and was going into the Country to fetch Cattle for his Master: Whoever secures him in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that his Master may have him again, shall be well rewarded.
A21 - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- R. Isabela Morales
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