1806-08-28 Freedom Seeking: Jim
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01128
- Source
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Runaway ad for Jim, by John Durling
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Runaway ad for Jim, by John Durling, "Twenty-five Dollars reward," Trenton Federalist, September 22, 1806.
- Event Description
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On August 28, 1806, a Black man named Jim, aged about 22, ran away from John Durling in Hardwick, Sussex County (now in Warren County), New Jersey. John Durling submitted a runaway ad for Jim three weeks later, indicating that Jim managed to evade capture and was still at large as of September 16, 1806.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty-five Dollars reward.
Ranaway from the subscriber, living in the township of Hardwick, county of Sussex, State of New Jersey, on the 28th August last, a NEGRO MAN, named Jim, about five feet, seven or eight inches high, thick lips, speaks slow, dark yellowish complexion. In the 23rd year of his age, his left fore finger stiff, occasioned by a cut on the joint; had on when he went away, a tow shirt and trousers and swansdown waistcoat; took with him a drab green coat half worne. Any person who will take up said runaway and return him to his master, or secure him in any gaol so that he can get him again, shall receive above reward and all reasonable charges.
JOHN DURLING
Hardwick, September 16, 1806. 95-3w pd" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- August 28, 1806
- Location of Event
- Hardwick
- Primary Participants
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Jim (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02651
Role: Runaway
Age: 22
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Durling
Verbatim description from source:
"NEGRO MAN, named Jim, about five feet, seven or eight inches high, thick lips, speaks slow, dark yellowish complexion. In the 23rd year of his age, his left fore finger stiff, occasioned by a cut on the joint" - Additional Participants
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John Durling
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02648
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson