1796-09-29 Freedom Seeking: Choisi

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01037
Source
Runaway ad for Choisi, by Mr. Tulane

Runaway ad for Choisi, by Mr. Tulane, "Eight Dollars Reward," Aurora General Advertiser, November 7, 1796.
Event Description
A Black man named Choisi ran away from his enslaver Mr. Tulane in Princeton, NJ on September 29, 1796.

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Transcript of the source document:

"Eight Dollars Reward.

Ran Away, from Princeton, between the 29th and 30th September, a NEGRO MAN who calls himself CHOISI, about 5 feet 10 inches high, carries himself very straight, speaks French, the Creole Idiom, and bad English, he stutters and speaks a little through the nose; his fore teeth are pointed; he has a full and round face, and a thin beard; his chin is full of pimples which look rather like a ringworm. He had on when he went away, a great coat of blue cloth, a jacket of black cloth, patched on the elbows with pieces of blue cloth, a pair of very tight nankeen pantaloons, and a round hat with a very high crown, he took also with him two nankeen waist coats.

Masters of vessels are warned not to carry off the said Negro at their peril.

Whoever secures the above run-away so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward by applying to Mr. Tulane at Princeton, or to Mr. LeBreton, Dentist, No. 135, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Oct. 22."
Event Type
Freedom Seeking
Date
September 29, 1796
Location of Event
Princeton
Related Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Primary Participants

Choisi
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02458
Role: Runaway
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mr. Tulane
Verbatim description from source:
"NEGRO MAN who calls himself CHOISI, about 5 feet 10 inches high, carries himself very straight, speaks French, the Creole Idiom, and bad English, he stutters and speaks a little through the nose; his fore teeth are pointed; he has a full and round face, and a thin beard; his chin is full of pimples which look rather like a ringworm"
Additional Participants

Mr. Tulane
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02459
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser

Mr. LeBreton
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02460
Role: Agent for Enslaver
Comment: in Philadelphia
Record Contributor
Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
Princeton & Slavery Project
Resource class
Event