1817-01-08 Freedom Seeking: David Schenck
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01132
- Source
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Runaway ad for David Schenck, by Joseph Campbell
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Runaway ad for David Schenck, by Joseph Campbell, "Five Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, February 3, 1817.
- Event Description
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On January 8, 1817, David Schenck ran away from his enslaver Joseph Campbell in Hackettstown, New Jersey. David Schenck was a Black young man aged nearly 18 years old.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Five Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on the 8th inst. a BLACK BOY, named David Schenck, he wore a coat and pantaloons of drab coloured home-made cloth, and a yellow swansdown jacket; the boy is of small stature, nearly eighteen years old. Whoever will take up said boy, and so detain him that the subscriber may get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable expenses. All persons are hereby forbidden to harbour or employ him.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Hackettstown, N. Jersey.
Jan. 11th, 1817 35-3w" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- January 8, 1817
- Location of Event
- Hackettstown
- Primary Participants
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David Schenck (b. 1799)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02655
Role: Runaway
Age: 18
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Campbell
Verbatim description from source:
"BLACK BOY, named David Schenck; the boy is of small stature, nearly eighteen years old" - Additional Participants
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Joseph Campbell
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02647
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson