1799-11-24 Freedom Seeking: Cato
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01185
- Source
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Runaway ad for Cato, by Stephen Haines
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Runaway ad for Cato, by Stephen Haines, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, December 3, 1799, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On November 24, 1799, a 34-year-old Black man named Cato ran away from his enslaver Stephen Haines of Elizabethtown (present-day Elizabeth), New Jersey.
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Transcript of the source document:
"TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber the 24th of November last, a negro man named CATO, aged 34 years, about five feet five inches high, pretends to be religious, calls himself a Methodist, is a great liar, understands driving team and farming, had on an old great coat, with a large cape of mixt cloth, a whitish short coat, yellow velvet breeches, much worn, new stockings of black sheep's wool, an old hat with a black crape scarf—It is likely he has given himself another name. Whoever apprehends said Negro, so that the owner can have him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
STEPHEN HAINES
Elizabeth-Town, Dec. 2, 1799.
66-4wp" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- November 24, 1799
- Location of Event
- Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
- Primary Participants
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Cato (b. 1765)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02773
Role: Runaway
Age: 34
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Stephen Haines
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named CATO, aged 34 years, about five feet five inches high, pretends to be religious, calls himself a Methodist, is a great liar, understands driving team and farming; It is likely he has given himself another name" - Additional Participants
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Stephen Haines
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02772
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker