1793-06 Freedom Seeking: Nance
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01056
- Source
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Runaway ad for Nance, by James Vaux
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Runaway ad for Nance, by James Vaux, "Eight Dollars Reward," Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser, July 1, 1793, p. 2.
- Event Description
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Nance, a Black woman aged about 23, ran away from her enslaver James Vaux of Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, around June 1793. James Vaux published a runaway ad for Nance, which noted that Nance had previously been enslaved in Princeton, New Jersey. The enslaver believed that Nance might go to Philadelphia where her brother was living. The ad also mentioned that the enslaver had discovered Nance's plan to escape and consequently locked up clothes at the house to prevent Nance from taking a variety of attire with her. Nance managed to abscond anyway, but she only had a few items of clothing on her person.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Eight Dollars Reward,
Ran away from the subscriber, a Negro Woman, named Nance, about twenty three years of age—has a sour frowning countenance and is so small for her age as to be taken for a girl. She had but few clothes with her—they being secured on discovering her intentions of going off. She formerly lived in Princeton, and has a Brother living in Philadelphia, to whom she may probably go. Whoever will secure the said Negro, so that her Master may get her again, shall be paid the above Reward:
JAMES VAUX,
Providence, Montgomery County, July 1, 1793" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- June 1793
- Location of Event
- Providence, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
- Primary Participants
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Nance (b. 1770)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02494
Role: Runaway
Age: 23
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- James Vaux
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Woman, named Nance, about twenty three years of age—has a sour frowning countenance and is so small for her age as to be taken for a girl" - Additional Participants
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James Vaux
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02493
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kayra Guven
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Jesse Bayker