1805-01-08 Freedom Seeking: Sam
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01228
- Source
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Runaway ad for Sam, by John Hendricks
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Runaway ad for Sam, by John Hendricks, "TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, February 19, 1805, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On January 8, 1805, a 30-year-old Black man named Sam ran away from his enslaver John Hendricks, who lived in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey (now Elizabeth, Union County).
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Transcript of the source document:
"TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, the 8th of January last, a stout negro man, named SAM, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, is very black, and much given to liquor, and when intoxicated he is very quarrelsome; has one of the joints of his forefingers off, and was well clothed in homespun. Whoever takes up said negro and brings him to his master, or secures him in any gaol so that his master gets him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
JOHN HENDRICKS.
Eliz. Town, Feb 18, 1805.
38-tf." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- January 8, 1805
- Location of Event
- Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
- Primary Participants
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Sam (b. 1775)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02874
Role: Runaway
Age: 30
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Hendricks
Verbatim description from source:
"stout negro man, named SAM, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, is very black, and much given to liquor, and when intoxicated he is very quarrelsome; has one of the joints of his forefingers off" - Additional Participants
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John Hendricks
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02837
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker