1796-12 Capture: Michael
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01065
- Source
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Runaway ad for Michael (alias Jem), by William McClellan Jr
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Runaway ad for Michael (alias Jem), by William McClellan Jr, "Fifty Dollars Reward," Porcupine's Gazette, June 5, 1797.
- Event Description
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Around the end of 1796, Black freedom seeker Michael was apprehended by his enslaver William McClellan. Michael had run away from McClellan's home in York, PA, two years prior. Michael was going by the name Jem, living in Trenton, and working for "Mr. Vanbertie a foreign minister" when he was captured by McClellan, who came to Trenton to apprehend the runaway.
Michael would go on to make another escape attempt six months later. - Event Type
- Capture
- Date
- December 1796
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Preceding Event
- 1794-12 Freedom Seeking: Michael
- Following Event
- 1797-05-28 Freedom Seeking: Michael
- Primary Participants
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Michael {alias Jem}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02440
Role: Captured Person
Age category: Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William McClellan Jr. (1763-1831)
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named Michael, he is about five feet 8 or 10 inches high, stout made, broad shouldered, thick jawed, bandy legged, and stoops considerably when walking; has lost two or three of his fore teeth, is somewhat dull of hearing and seldom speaks unless spoken to; at that time he was called by the name of Jem" - Additional Participants
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William McClellan Jr. (1763-1831)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02439
Role: Enslaver, CaptorMr. Vanbertie
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02443
Role: Employer
Comment: employed Michael (alias Jem) in Trenton at the time of Michael's capture - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker