1764-07-01 Freedom Seeking: Silas
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01070
- Source
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Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped July 1764, by Isaac Coats
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Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), escaped July 1764, by Isaac Coats, Pennsylvania Journal, July 12, 1764, p. 1.
- Event Description
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On July 1, 1764, Silas (called Sy for short) ran away from his enslaver Isaac Coats, a brickmaker in Philadelphia. This was the first of many runaway attempts by Silas documented in the Philadelphia Journal newspaper.
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Transcript of the source document:
"July 12.
RUN-away the 1st inst. from Isaac Coats, brick-maker in Philadelphia. A Negro boy of a yellowish colour, about 12 years of age, named Sy, a thickset fellow. Had on when he went away an oznabrigs shirt and trowsers, and a double breasted grey jacket.
Whoever takes up and brings said negro boy to his master, shall have FIFTEEN SHILLINGS reward, paid by ISAAC COATS.
N.B. All masters of vessels and others are forbid on their peril, to harbour or carry him off." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- July 1, 1764
- Location of Event
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Following Event
- 1764-08 Capture: Silas
- Primary Participants
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Silas (b. 1752) {Sy}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02502
Role: Runaway
Age: 12
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Coats
Verbatim description from source:
"A Negro boy of a yellowish colour, about 12 years of age, named Sy, a thickset fellow" - Additional Participants
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Isaac Coats
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02501
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker