1795-04 Freedom Seeking: Jim, Sam
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01054
- Source
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Runaway ad for Sam and Jim, by John Schenck and John Dye
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Runaway ad for Sam and Jim, by John Schenck and John Dye, "Sixty Dollars Reward," Dunlap & Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, April 29, 1795, p. 2.
- Event Description
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Around April 1795, two young Black men named Jim (aged 20) and Sam (aged 19) ran away from their enslavers in Princeton, NJ. Following their escape, they were seen going from Trenton to Philadelphia, and their enslavers suspected that they might go further toward Baltimore. The enslavers submitted a runaway ad to a Philadelphia newspaper and offered a reward of $60 for the capture of the two men. The names of the enslavers as printed in the ad were John Schinck and John Dye, but the ad did not clarify which enslaver was the legal owner of which runaway. The name printed as "Schinck" is presumed to refer to the Schenck family of Princeton.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Sixty Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscribers, two Negro men; one named Jim, about twenty years of age, five feet ten inches high, a little lame in one of his feet, occasioned by some of the small bones being displaced, and has a small lump on the outside of his foot; had on a green coat, striped overalls, grey great coat, blue stockings, and a rorum hat. The other named Sam, about nineteen years of age, five feet ten inches high, had on a grey linsey coat and jacket, corduroy breeches, an old rorum hat, grey great coat, and black or grey stockings. They were traced from Trenton to Philadelphia, and are supposed to be lurking about the city, or gone towards Baltimore. Whoever will take them up, and secure them in any gaol, so that the subscribers get them again, shall have the above reward and all reasonable charges.
JOHN SCHINCK,
JOHN DYE.
Princeton, New Jersey, April 29" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 1795
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Related Place
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Primary Participants
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Jim (b. 1775)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02518
Role: Runaway
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Schenck
- John Dye
Verbatim description from source:
"two Negro men; one named Jim, about twenty years of age, five feet ten inches high, a little lame in one of his feet, occasioned by some of the small bones being displaced, and has a small lump on the outside of his foot"Sam (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02517
Role: Runaway
Age: 19
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Dye
- John Schenck
Verbatim description from source:
"two Negro men; The other named Sam, about nineteen years of age, five feet ten inches high" - Additional Participants
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John Schenck
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02515
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser
Comment: enslaver of either Jim or SamJohn Dye
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02516
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser
Comment: enslaver of either Sam or Jim - Record Contributor
- Kayra Guven
- Princeton & Slavery Project