1807-04-20 Freedom Seeking: Phillip
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01173
- Source
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Runaway ad for Phillip, by Charles Higbee
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Runaway ad for Phillip, by Charles Higbee, "Ten Dollars Reward," Trenton Federalist, May 4, 1807, p. 1.
- Event Description
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A young Black man named Phillip ran away from enslaver Charles Higbee of Trenton, New Jersey. On April 20, 1807, Charles Higbee published a runaway ad in the Trenton Federalist newspaper offering a reward of $10 for Philip's capture and return. At this time, Phillip was aged 22 or 23. The advertisement did not say when Phillip actually made his escape. Note that Charles Higbee had previously published a runaway ad for Phillip in July 1806. It seems that Phillip ran away in the summer of 1806 and then managed to evade capture for over 9 months and was still at large as of April 1807.
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Transcript of the source document:
"Ten Dollars Reward,
RANAWAY from the subscriber, PHILLIP, a NEGRO MAN; he is about 22 or 23 years old, five feet six inches high, a broad simple countenance and a flat nose — he wore a beaver hat, black cloth coat, blue cashmere pantaloons, red flannel shirt, &c. The above reward and reasonable charges will be paid if brought home or lodged in any gaol so that he can be had again.
Charles Higbee
Trenton, 20th April, 1807.
23-3w" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- April 20, 1807
- Date Certainty
- Questionable
- Location of Event
- Trenton
- Primary Participants
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Phillip (b. 1784)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02676
Role: Runaway
Age: 23
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Charles Higbee
Verbatim description from source:
"PHILLIP, a NEGRO MAN; he is about 22 or 23 years old, five feet six inches high, a broad simple countenance and a flat nose" - Additional Participants
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Charles Higbee
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02677
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker