1803-04-03 Freedom Seeking: James
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01125
- Source
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Runaway ad for James, by Edmund Bainbridge
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Runaway ad for James, by Edmund Bainbridge, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, April 25, 1803.
- Event Description
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On April 3, 1803, a Black man named James, aged about 25, ran away from his enslaver Edmund Bainbridge of Maidenhead, NJ (modern-day Lawrence). Bainbridge submitted a runaway ad to the Trenton Federalist newspaper offering a reward of $20 for James's capture and specifying that he wanted James to be lodged in the Trenton jail.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 3d of April instant, a Negro man named JAMES, 25 years old about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches, a likely, well made man, fond of strong drink — had on when he went away, a coat, jacket, trousers made of mixed woolen cloth, linen shirt, and took with him a pair of blue cloth pantaloons. Whoever takes up said negro, and secures him in the gaol in the city of Trenton, and gives notice thereof to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges.
EDMUND BAINBRIDGE
Maidenhead, 8 miles from Trenton
N. Jersey, April 18, 1803." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 3, 1803
- Location of Event
- Lawrence (formerly Maidenhead)
- Related Place
- Trenton gaol (jail), Trenton
- Primary Participants
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James (b. 1778)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02635
Role: Runaway
Age: 25
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Edmund Bainbridge
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro man named JAMES, 25 years old about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches, a likely, well made man, fond of strong drink" - Additional Participants
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Edmund Bainbridge
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02632
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley
- Kate Jackson