Runaway ad for Harry, by Abraham Skillman
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01122
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD
- Author
- Abraham Skillman
- Publication
- Aurora General Advertiser
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date of Issue
- December 6, 1799
- Date Submitted
- December 6, 1799
- Transcript
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FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY,
from the subscriber on the 23rd of September last a negro boy named Harry, it is probable he will alter his name; he is 20 years of age, about 5 feet high, thick set, very black, small eyes, his hair short and knotty, he speaks quick, he had a small sore on his chin, he took two coats, with him, one blue the other green, and other clothes, a high crowned hat; he stole when he went away sixty silver dollars and three notes, one of ten dollars, and two of five, he understands nail making and farming. Whoever takes up said negro, and delivers him to his master or secures him in any jail, and gives information so that his owner can get him again shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by
ABRAHAM SKILLMAN.
Somerset County, New-Jersey, near Princeton. }
Dec. 6. - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
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