1804-03 Freedom Seeking: Azor
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01120
- Source
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Runaway ad for Azor, Alexander, and Fifi, by J. P. R. Grandmont
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Runaway ad for Azor, Alexander, and Fifi, by J. P. R. Grandmont, "One Hundred Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, July 30, 1804, p. 3.
- Event Description
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Azor, a 41-year-old French-speaking Black man who had been raised in Saint Domingue (now Haiti), ran away from his enslaver Jacques Philipe Rossignol de Grandmont around March or April 1804. Azor made his escape from Trenton, where Grandmont had a home. Grandmont posted a reward for Azor's capture in July 1804, noting that Azor had been gone for 3 or 4 months by then. Grandmont requested that information be sent to Dr. Bellville in Trenton, which may indicate that Grandmont himself was away from Trenton at that time.
Azor was one of several people who ran away from Grandmont around this time. See related events for Alexander and Fifi (who were mentioned in the same runaway ad) and also for Jack.
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Transcript of the source document:
"One Hundred Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY from the Subscriber, at Trenton, New Jersey, two negro men, named Azor and Alexander, and a negro woman named Fifi. Azor has been gone 3 or 4 months, is a tall stout fellow, about 41 years of age, speaks the English language very imperfectly, being from St. Domingo, and may be easily known by a peculiarity in his walk, an impediment in his speech, and by his front teeth being turned with their edges in front. Alexander has been living for some time past with Mr. Hunter, at Flemington, and went off from that place on Tuesday night last, he is a tall, slender, well made man, about 28 or 30 years of age, and also speaks the English language imperfectly, being from St. Domingo; he is very black, and took with him many clothes; among them he had a sailor's jacket and a pair of pantaloons of plaid cotton. Fifi, the woman, has been absent for 2 or 3 months, and is perhaps somewhere in Pennsylvania; she is a short, fat, round faced wench, speaks the English language badly and is neat in her dress and appearance. Whoever will take up the above slaves and lodge them in Trenton gaol, shall receive 100 dollars reward, or in proportion for either. If confined in any other place 30 dollars will be given for each, on applying to Andrew S. Hunter, Esq, Flemington, or to Dr. Bellville, Trenton, New Jersey.
J. P. R. Grandmont
July 28, 1804. 83 tf." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- March 1804
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Trenton
- Related Event
- 1804-05 Freedom Seeking: Fifi
- 1804-07-23 Freedom Seeking: Alexander
- 1803-12-20 Freedom Seeking: Jack
- Primary Participants
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Azor (b. 1763)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02619
Role: Runaway
Age: 41
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Jacques Philipe Rossignol de Grandmont (1760-1809)
Verbatim description from source:
"Azor has been gone 3 or 4 months, is a tall stout fellow, about 41 years of age, speaks the English language very imperfectly, being from St. Domingo, and may be easily known by a peculiarity in his walk, an impediment in his speech, and by his front teeth being turned with their edges in front. " - Additional Participants
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Jacques Philipe Rossignol de Grandmont (1760-1809)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02618
Role: Enslaver, AdvertiserDr. Bellville
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01995
Role: Agent for Enslaver
Comment: point of contact for Jacques Philipe Rossignol de Grandmont in Trenton - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson