1802-04-06 Freedom Seeking: Name Unrecorded - Female
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01112
- Source
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Runaway ad for 29-year-old woman, by Mrs. Penea
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Runaway ad for 29-year-old woman, by Mrs. Penea, "Ten Dollars Reward," Federalist & New-Jersey State Gazette, April 27, 1802.
- Event Description
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On April 6, 1802, a 29-year-old Black woman ran away from her enslaver Mrs. Penea of Mill Hill at Trenton, NJ. Penea published an advertisement offering a reward for the runaway's return, but the advertisement did not mention the runaway's name. Penea described her as a "French Negro Woman," suggesting that the woman likely came from the French West Indies and had been brought up in a French-speaking family. Penea suspected that the woman went to Burlington.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from her mistress, on 6th inst, a French Negro Woman, about 29 years of age, yellowish complexion, thick lips, large mouth, very flat nose, and short in nature. Whoever will take up said runaway and return her to Mrs. Penea, living on the Mill-hill, Trenton, or secure her so that she be obtained, shall receive the above reward. It is supposed she has gone to Burlington.
Trenton, April 26, 1802.
65-3w." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 6, 1802
- Location of Event
- Mill Hill, Trenton
- Related Place
- Burlington
- Primary Participants
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Name Unrecorded - Female (b. 1773) {Penea household}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02609
Role: Runaway
Age: 29
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Mrs. Penea
Verbatim description from source:
"French Negro Woman, about 29 years of age, yellowish complexion, thick lips, large mouth, very flat nose, and short in nature" - Additional Participants
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Mrs. Penea
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02610
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley