1802-07-18 Freedom Seeking: Wanno

Identifier
NJS-EVE-01225
Source
Runaway ad for Wanno, by Joseph Taylor

Runaway ad for Wanno, by Joseph Taylor, "FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, August 10, 1802, p. 3.
Event Description
In July 1802 (or earlier), a 22-year-old Black man named Wanno ran away from enslaver Joseph Taylor, who lived in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The exact date of Wanno's escape from Perth Amboy is uncertain, but it is known that he was seen in Newark on July 18, 1802. Joseph Taylor published a runaway ad offering a reward of $15 for Wanno's capture. The runaway ad indicated that Wanno had roots in the West Indies and was formerly enslaved by "Mr. Beaverhout." This appears to be a reference to Lucas Von Beverhoudt, the owner of the Beverwyck plantation in the area of Parsippany, Morris County, who was from the Danish West Indies.

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Transcript of the source document:

"FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, living in Perth Amboy, a negro man named WANNO, about twenty two years old, five feet six of seven inches high, round visage, very black, strait, well made and active — when he went away he had a ring in one of his ears, he looks and talks like a West-India negro, was formerly the property of Mr. Beaverhout — he took with him a bundle of clothes, among which are a blue round jacket, lined with flannel, one olive colored nankeen do. with a striped collar, three under jackets, one pair of black nankeen pantaloons, and one do. light colored striped cloth, one do. blue cashmere, one do. nankeen, one do. tow trowsers, three shirts, &c. He was at Newark on the night of the eighteenth last month. The above reward will be paid to any person apprehending and securing said negro in goal, so that his master may get him again and if brought home a reasonable compensation for that service.
JOSEPH TAYLOR.
Perth Amboy, August 3, 1802.
6-4w."
Event Type
Freedom Seeking
Date
July 18, 1802
Date Certainty
Approximate
Location of Event
Perth Amboy
Newark
Primary Participants

Wanno (b. 1780)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02869
Role: Runaway
Age: 22
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Joseph Taylor
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man named WANNO, about twenty two years old, five feet six of seven inches high, round visage, very black, strait, well made and active — when he went away he had a ring in one of his ears, he looks and talks like a West-India negro, was formerly the property of Mr. Beaverhout"
Additional Participants

Joseph Taylor
Person identifier: NJS-PER-01229
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser

Lucas Von Beverhoudt (1728-1796)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02870
Role: Former Enslaver Mentioned
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
Resource class
Event