1813-12-08 Freedom Seeking: Peat
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01108
- Source
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Runaway ad for Peat, by Garret G. Vanderveer
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Runaway ad for Peat, by Garret G. Vanderveer, Fredonian, January 20, 1814, p. 4. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193). Box 27, Folder 13..
- Event Description
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On December 8th, 1813, a Black man named Peat, aged 25, ran away from his enslaver Garret G. Vanderveer, living near Monmouth Court House (present-day Freehold) in Monmouth County, NJ.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living within six miles of Monmouth Court House, on the 8th inst. a negro man named PEAT, twenty five years of age, five feet nine inches high: had on when he went away a coat and pantaloons of homespun of a light mixed colour; his shoes had nails in the bottom. Whoever shall deliver the said negro to me, or confine him in any jail so that I may get him again, shall be entitled to the above reward.
Garret G. Vanderveer.
Dec. 23. tf." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- December 8, 1813
- Location of Event
- Freehold (Monmouth Court House)
- Primary Participants
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Peat (b. 1789)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02598
Role: Runaway
Age: 25
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Garret G. Vanderveer
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named PEAT, twenty five years of age, five feet nine inches high" - Additional Participants
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Garret G. Vanderveer
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02599
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley