1770-09 Capture: Silas
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01075
- Source
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Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), in August 1770, by Isaac Coats
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Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Say), escaped in January 1771, by Isaac Coats
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Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Sy), in August 1770, by Isaac Coats, Pennsylvania Journal, August 23, 1770, p. 3.
Runaway ad for Silas (listed as Say), escaped in January 1771, by Isaac Coats, "Two Dollars Reward," Pennsylvania Journal, February 7, 1771, p. 3. - Event Description
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Following his escape from enslaver Isaac Coats in August of 1770, a young Black man named Silas (called Sy for short) was once again apprehended and brought back to Philadelphia. This was one of several escape attempts that ended in capture for Silas. The exact date and location of this capture event is uncertain. It took place sometime in the fall of 1770, or possibly early winter.
Little is known about his whereabouts during this particular escape attempt, but we know that his previous and subsequent escapes took him to New Jersey, particularly to Burlington, where he worked as a chimney sweep. Whether he was apprehended in Burlington this time is not known. - Event Type
- Capture
- Date
- September 1770 – December 1770
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Location of Event
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Related Place
- Burlington
- Preceding Event
- 1770-08 Freedom Seeking: Silas
- Following Event
- 1771-01-29 Freedom Seeking: Silas
- Primary Participants
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Silas (b. 1752) {Sy}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02502
Role: Captured Person
Age category: Young Adult
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Coats - Additional Participants
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Isaac Coats
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02501
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker