1805-02-18 Freedom Seeking: James
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01138
- Source
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Runaway ad for James, by Peter Stuls
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Runaway ad for James, by Peter Stuls, "Eight Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, March 25, 1805.
- Event Description
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On Monday, February 18, 1805, a Black boy named James, aged about 15, ran away from his enslaver in Cranberry, Middlesex County, NJ (now Cranbury). The enslaver submitted a runaway ad to the Trenton Federalist newspaper about 5 weeks later. The enslaver's name was printed in the newspaper as "Peter Stuls." However, as the family name "Stuls" has not been found in any New Jersey cemetery records from the 19th century, it seems likely that the name was printed wrong in the newspaper.
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Transcript of the source document:
"EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living near Cranberry in Middlesex county, on Monday the eighteenth day of February, a NEGRO BOY, aged about fifteen years named James, about five feet six inches high and of yellow complexion; had on, when he went away, a light coloured linsey sailor coat, a swansdown jacket, a wool hat about half worn. Any person apprehending the said negro and securing him so that his master may get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges, by
PETER STULS
March 25, 1805. xvii-3w." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- February 18, 1805
- Location of Event
- Cranbury (formerly Cranberry)
- Primary Participants
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James (b. 1790)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02631
Role: Runaway
Age: 15
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Peter Stuls
Verbatim description from source:
"NEGRO BOY, aged about fifteen years named James, about five feet six inches high and of yellow complexion" - Additional Participants
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Peter Stuls
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02664
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Xandria McKinley