1810-05-12 Freedom Seeking: Nance
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01103
- Source
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Runaway ad for Nance, by William Rue
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Runaway ad for Nance, by William Rue, "Twenty-five Dollars Rward," Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser, May 31, 1810, p. 3. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 15..
- Event Description
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Nance, a 20-year-old black woman, ran away from enslaver William Rue on May 12, 1810, in the vicinity of Spotswood, Middlesex County (approximately 8 miles south of New Brunswick). Nance was literate and her enslaver suspected that she forged a pass to facilitate her escape. William Rue offered a reward of $25 for Nance's return.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty-five Dollars Rward.
Ran away from the subscriber on Saturday the 12th, instant, a NEGRO WOMAN, named Nance, about twenty years old, a yellow and rough skin, short and thick, she can read, and write a tolerable good hand, and is probable she may have forged a pass for herself. She wore a white Leghorn bonnet, and took with her a variety of clothing, so that her dress cannot be described. The above reward and all reasonable expenses shall be paid any person who may apprehend said wench, and return her, or secure her so that her master may get her again.
WILLIAM RUE
Near Spottswood, May 21, 1810. 3 wp-21" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- May 12, 1810
- Location of Event
- Spotswood
- Primary Participants
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Nance (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02590
Role: Runaway
Age: 20
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Rue
Verbatim description from source:
"NEGRO WOMAN, named Nance, about twenty years old, a yellow and rough skin, short and thick, she can read, and write a tolerable good hand, and is probable she may have forged a pass for herself" - Additional Participants
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William Rue
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02591
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley