1801-12-07 Freedom Seeking: Joe
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01219
- Source
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Runaway ad for Joe, by William Trimbly
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Runaway ad for Joe, by William Trimbly, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, December 22, 1801, p. 1.
- Event Description
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On December 7, 1801, a Black man named Joe ran away from his enslaver William Trimbly, who lived in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, about 20 miles from the New Jersey-New York state border. Joe was about 45 years old at this time. William Trimbly published a runaway ad for Joe in the Newark newspaper, the Centinel of Freedom. Trimbly suspected that Joe went to Paramus, New Jersey, because Joe had previously lived in that area.
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Transcript of the source document:
"TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, living in the town of Montgomery, County of Orange, and state of New-York, on the 7th instant, a NEGRO MAN named JOE, of a yellow complexion, about 45 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high; he sometimes wears his hair tied, which is grey; he had on a new homemade grey cloth and vest, London brown colored home made cloth breeches, an old low crowned woolen hat; it is supposed he is near or at Paramus, as he formerly lived there. Any person apprehending said runaway, and will confine him in any jail in the U. States, and give information to the owner, shall be entitled to the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
WILLIAM TRIMBLY.
December 10, 1801.
73-3w." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- December 7, 1801
- Location of Event
- Montgomery, New York
- Related Place
- Paramus
- Primary Participants
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Joe (b. 1756)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02862
Role: Runaway
Age: 45
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- William Trimbly
Verbatim description from source:
"NEGRO MAN named JOE, of a yellow complexion, about 45 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high; he sometimes wears his hair tied, which is grey" - Additional Participants
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William Trimbly
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02825
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker