1802-04-10 Freedom Seeking: Lindor, Name Unrecorded - Female
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01023
- Source
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Runaway ad for Lindor and his bride, by John Baptist Cheilan
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Runaway ad for Lindor and his bride, by John Baptist Cheilan, "Ten Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, April 20, 1802.
- Event Description
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Lindor, aged 30, ran away from his enslaver in Princeton, NJ, on Saturday, April 10, 1802. His enslaver published a runaway ad for Lindor. The ad was signed J. B. Cheilan, which appears to refer to John Baptist Cheilan of Princeton.
Lindor ran away with his young bride, who was aged 18 and was described as a "mulatto girl" whose family was from Rocky Hill, NJ. The ad does not list the name of the bride and does not mention whether she was free or enslaved prior to her elopement with Lindor.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN away on Saturday last the 10th inst a Negro man named LINDOR. About thirty years of age, five feet eight inches high. Well made, round visage, a smooth skin, having a little deformity in one of his thumbs, smooth tongued and of an engaging countenance with strangers ; he speaks broken English and is usually dressed in a short blue coat and half booths he had also with him, when he went away, a chestnut colored great coat, he eloped with a young mulatto girl about eighteen years of age to whom it is pretended he is married ; part of the family to which she belongs lives at Rocky Hill. Any person stopping the said Negro man and lodging him in the nearest goal, shall receive the reward above mentioned by giving advice to the subscriber.
J. B. CHEILAN
All persons are prohibited from employing the said negro without the special permission of his master, under whatever penalty of the law may inflict.
Princeton, April 14, 1802" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 10, 1802
- Primary Participants
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Lindor (b. 1772)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02429
Role: Runaway
Age: 30
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Baptist Cheilan
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro man named LINDOR. About thirty years of age, five feet eight inches high. Well made, round visage, a smooth skin, having a little deformity in one of his thumbs, smooth tongued and of an engaging countenance with strangers, he speaks broken English"Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1784) {wife of Lindor}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02430
Role: Runaway
Age: 18
Status: Unknown - Additional Participants
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John Baptist Cheilan
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02431
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Indy Davis
- Princeton & Slavery Project