1816-01-27 Freedom Seeking: Elisha

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01100
Source
Runaway ad for Elisha, by George Farmer

Runaway ad for Elisha, by George Farmer, "Fifty Dollars Reward," Fredonian, February 8, 1816, p. 4.
Event Description
On the night of January 27, 1816, a 21-year-old Black man named Elisha ran away from George Farmer's Belle Vue estate, located around the area of present-day Highland Park, across the Raritan River from New Brunswick.

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Transcript of the source document:

"Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 27th ult. a negro man named
ELISHA,
purchased on the 9th September of John Tucker, Esq. of Rahway, at that time in jail for stealing—about 21 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches, pretty black, large eyes, tolerably good looking fellow, rather slender made, very lazy. Had on when he went away light colored fulled linsey coatee, under jacket and trowsers of cloth nearly black, trowsers much worn and patched, mixt grey stockings, odd, one footed with yard of a darker color, old linen shirt, and an old hat. Whoever takes up said negro and delivers him to me shall have the above reward.
George Farmer.
Belle Vue, opposite New Brunswick,
February 1, 1816."
Event Type
Freedom Seeking
Date
January 27, 1816
Location of Event
Belle Vue, Highland Park (formerly in Piscataway)
Preceding Event
1815-09-09 Sale: Elisha
Primary Participants

Elisha (b. 1795)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02588
Role: Runaway
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- George Farmer (1761-1818)
Verbatim description from source:
"a negro man named ELISHA, purchased on the 9th September of John Tucker, Esq. of Rahway, at that time in jail for stealing—about 21 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches, pretty black, large eyes, tolerably good looking fellow, rather slender made, very lazy"
Additional Participants

George Farmer (1761-1818)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00483
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser

John Tucker
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02589
Role: Former Enslaver Mentioned
Record Contributor
Kate Jackson
Resource class
Event