1803-08-10 Freedom Seeking: Jack
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01227
- Source
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Runaway ad for Jack, by Isaac Clarkson
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Runaway ad for Jack, by Isaac Clarkson, "TEN DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, August 30, 1803, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On August 10, 1803, a Black man named Jack, aged 22 years, ran away from his enslaver Isaac Clarkson, who lived in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
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Transcript of the source document:
"TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, the 10th inst. a negro man, named JACK, 22 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, a little upon the yellow complexion. Said negro has a black spot about half way between his left ear and his mouth, about as big as a quarter of a dollar, a natural mark where the skin is ten times if possible, as black as any where else, and the hair grows as long as on his head, he has threatened to cut the skin off, but if that be the case, the mark will be seen ——— He had on when he went away, a homespun bear-skin trowsers, his other clothes unknown. Whoever takes up said negro, and secures him in any gaol, or returns him to his master shall have the above reward and all reasonable charges.
ISAAC CLARKSON.
Woodbridge, Aug. 29, 1803.
61-3w." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- August 10, 1803
- Location of Event
- Woodbridge
- Primary Participants
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Jack (b. 1781)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02873
Role: Runaway
Age: 22
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Isaac Clarkson
Verbatim description from source:
"negro man, named JACK, 22 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, a little upon the yellow complexion. Said negro has a black spot about half way between his left ear and his mouth, about as big as a quarter of a dollar, a natural mark where the skin is ten times if possible, as black as any where else, and the hair grows as long as on his head, he has threatened to cut the skin off, but if that be the case, the mark will be seen " - Additional Participants
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Isaac Clarkson
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00172
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker