1804-10-22 Freedom Seeking: Tom
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01117
- Source
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Runaway ad for Tom, by Jacob Stryker
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Runaway ad for Tom, by Jacob Stryker, "Fifteen Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, October 29, 1804.
- Event Description
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On October 22, 1804, Tom ran away from his enslaver Jacob Stryker in Princeton, NJ. Within days after his escape, Tom was seen in Trenton, where his father, a free Black man named David, resided.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Fifteen Dollars Reward
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber on the 22d instant, a NEGRO MAN, named Tom, twenty-one years of age, about five feet six or seven inches high, broad shouldered, walks wide and appears to be somewhat stiff, has short hair, and black skin. Had, on when he went away, a rorum hat half worn, with a large buckle, a light colored linsey round about, dark striped vest, and tow trousers, old shoes, and thread stockings; and took with him a small bundle of summer clothes. It is supposed that he is in or near Trenton, as his father, a free man by the name of black David, lives there. It is also known that he has been there since he went away. Any person who takes up said Negro, and securing him in Trenton gaol, or any gaol in the state, shall be entitled to the above reward.
JACOB STRYKER
Princeton, October 27, 1804. 96-3w tf" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- October 22, 1804
- Primary Participants
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Tom (b. 1783) {son of David}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02624
Role: Runaway
Age: 21
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacob Stryker (1768-1814)
Verbatim description from source:
" a NEGRO MAN, named Tom, twenty-one years of age, about five feet six or seven inches high, broad shouldered, walks wide and appears to be somewhat stiff, has short hair, and black skin"David
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02626
Role: Parent
Age category: Adult
Status: Free
Verbatim description from source:
"his father, a free man by the name of black David"
Comment: may have harbored the runaway Tom in Trenton - Additional Participants
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Jacob Stryker (1768-1814)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02617
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson