1802-07 Capture: David Lewis
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01122
- Source
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Runaway ad for David Lewis, by Henry Dusenbery
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Runaway ad for David Lewis, by Henry Dusenbery, "Thirty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, December 6, 1802.
- Event Description
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In the summer of 1802, an indentured Black man named David Lewis was captured in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the Carver household, where he had been for about six months following his escape from Henry Dusenbery of New Hampton (in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, NJ). The date of this capture event is approximate. David Lewis was brought back to New Hampton to continue laboring for Henry Dusenbery.
Information about this capture event comes from a runaway ad published in late 1802 after David Lewis made a second escape attempt. - Event Type
- Capture
- Date
- July 1802
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Preceding Event
- 1802-01 Freedom Seeking: David Lewis
- Following Event
- 1802-11-25 Freedom Seeking: David Lewis
- Primary Participants
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David Lewis (b. 1772)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02629
Role: Captured Person
Age: 30
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Henry Dusenbery (1760-1825)
Verbatim description from source:
"indentured servant Negro Man, who has near four years to serve named DAVE, otherwise calls himself David Lewis, near thirty years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, middling thin built, fond of drink, and can play on the violin" - Additional Participants
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Henry Dusenbery (1760-1825)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02630
Role: Enslaver - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
