1802-04-29 Freedom Seeking: Noel
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01113
- Source
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Runaway ad for Noel, by J. A. Barbarroux (in Poulson's)
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Runaway ad for Noel, by J. A. Barbarroux
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Runaway ad for Noel, by J. A. Barbarroux (in Poulson's), "Ten Dollars Reward," Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, May 5, 1802, p. 3.
Runaway ad for Noel, by J. A. Barbarroux, "Ten Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, May 11, 1802. - Event Description
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A Black man named Noel escaped from his enslaver Jean Andre Barbarroux (John Andrew Barbarroux) in Burlington, NJ, on April 29, 1802. Barbarroux submitted a runaway ad for Noel to newspapers in Trenton and Philadelphia.
Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY on Thursday the 29th of April last, from the City of Burlington, New Jersey a Negro man named NOEL, about twenty six years old, about five feet three inches high, having a few guinea marks on his face, and a large flat nose. Any person stopping said negro man and lodging him either in Burlington or Trenton goal, by giving advice to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable expenses.
J. A. Barbarroux.
All persons are prohibited from employing the said negro man, without special permission of his master, under whatever penalty the law may inflict.
Burlington, May 3." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 29, 1802
- Location of Event
- Burlington
- Primary Participants
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Noel (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02611
Role: Runaway
Age: 26
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jean Andre Barbarroux (d. 1825)
Verbatim description from source:
" a Negro man named NOEL; about 26 years old, about 5 feet 3 inches high, having a few guinea marks on his face, and a large flat nose" - Additional Participants
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Jean Andre Barbarroux (d. 1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02612
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley
- Kate Jackson