Runaway ad for Harry, by Jeromus Rappleyea

Runaway ad for Harry, by Jeromus Rappleyea
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-01133
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Headline
Three Pounds Reward
Author
Jeromus Rappleyea (d. 1831)
Publication
Brunswick Gazette
Place of Publication
New Brunswick
Date of Issue
May 17, 1791
Date Submitted
May 16, 1791
Page
3
Transcript
Three Pounds Reward.
Made his escape from the subscriber, living near New-Brunswick, on last Easter Day, A NEGRO MAN named HARRY, twenty-four years of age, five feet ten inches high, very black, remarkably thin, and has very large white eyes, had on when he went away, a wool hat half worn, a white red and purple striped vest, a short blue linsey coat unsulled, striped trousers, half worn shoes, speaks the Dutch and English languages, talks very slow. Whoever secures said negro, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges.
JEROMUS RAPPLEYEA
New-Brunswick, May 16, 1791
Language
English
URL
https://slavery.princeton.edu/sources/harry
Record Contributor
Princeton & Slavery Project
Indy Davis
Jesse Bayker
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