1791-05-30 Freedom Seeking: Primus
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01057
- Source
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Runaway ad for Primus, by Gilbert Vancamp
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Runaway ad for Primus, by Gilbert Vancamp, "Ten Dollars Reward.," Brunswick Gazette, June 7, 1791, p. 1.
- Event Description
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On May 30, 1791, a 26-year-old Black man named Primus ran away from his enslaver Gilbert Vancamp of Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber, in Hunterdon county, Amwell Township, near Flemingtown, on the 19th current, a Negro Man named Primus, about twenty-six years old, five feet ten inches high, pretty black, his front teeth somewhat defected, plays the fiddle and fife very well, he is a smart active fellow, very ready in his answers; had on a tow shirt and trowsers, a short jacket without sleeves, the front part brown linsey, backs black broadcloth lined with part of a striped blanket. Whoever takes said Negro and returns him to his master, or secures him and gives information, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges paid by
GILBERT VANCAMP.
Amwell, May 30, 1791" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- May 30, 1791
- Location of Event
- Amwell
- Primary Participants
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Primus (b. 1765)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02496
Role: Runaway
Age: 26
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Gilbert Vancamp
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Man named Primus, about twenty-six years old, five feet ten inches high, pretty black, his front teeth somewhat defected, plays the fiddle and fife very well, he is a smart active fellow, very ready in his answers" - Additional Participants
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Gilbert Vancamp
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02495
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kayra Guven
- Princeton & Slavery Project