1804-10-22 Freedom Seeking: Sarah Bristol
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01135
- Source
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Runaway ad for Sarah Bristol, by David Lee
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Runaway ad for Sarah Bristol, by David Lee, "Twenty Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, November 19, 1804.
- Event Description
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Around October 22, 1804, or thereabouts, a Black woman named Sarah Bristol ran away from her enslaver, David Lee, in Trenton, NJ. She was gone for about three weeks when David Lee submitted a runaway ad offering a reward for her capture. David Lee supposed that Sarah Bristol was in Philadelphia, where her sister resided.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Twenty Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, about three weeks since, a Negro Woman, about 28 years of age, of a yellowish complexion, has bushy hair; she calls herself Sarah Bristol. She had on when she went away, a dark callico gown, and other clothes not recollected. It is supposed she is in Philadelphia, as she has a sister residing there. Whoever will take up said runaway and return her to her master, living near Trenton, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
DAVID LEE.
November 12, 1804. 99-3w" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- October 22, 1804
- Date Certainty
- Inferred
- Location of Event
- Trenton
- Related Place
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Primary Participants
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Sarah Bristol (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02658
Role: Runaway
Age: 28
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- David Lee
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Woman, about 28 years of age, of a yellowish complexion, has bushy hair; she calls herself Sarah Bristol"Sarah Bristol's sister residing in Philadelphia
Role: Sibling
Age category: Adult
Status: Unknown
Verbatim description from source:
"It is supposed she is in Philadelphia, as she has a sister residing there"
Comment: may have harbored Sarah Bristol in Philadelphia - Additional Participants
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David Lee
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02659
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley