1805-06-22 Freedom Seeking: Name Unrecorded - Male
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01238
- Source
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Runaway ad for 18 year-old Black man, by Garrit Coffin
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Runaway ad for 18 year-old Black man, by Garrit Coffin, "20 Dollars Reward," Centinel of Freedom, July 16, 1805, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On June 22, 1805, a young African man, aged 18, ran away from the Quarantine Ground in Staten Island. The Quarantine Ground refers to the site of the New York Marine Hospital, a facility where newly arrived ships were inspected by health officers and held for quarantine if communicable diseases, such as yellow fever or smallpox, were found on board. Enslaver Garrit Coffin, of the Fountain and Coffin store in Staten Island, issued a runaway ad for the young man, noting that he was a recent arrival from Africa and spoke very little English. The name of the young man was not listed in the runaway ad.
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Transcript of the source document:
"20 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on the 22d June last, from the Quarantine Ground, Staten-Island, a Negro Boy, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches in height, thick set, speaks very little English, has three marks on one of his cheeks, just between the eyes. Whoever will return said runway to the store of Fountain and Coffin, no. 9 South street or to Mr. Garrit Coffin, Staten-Island, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. The above negro is an african. All persons are forbid harboring said boy at their perils.
July 16, 1805." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- June 22, 1805
- Location of Event
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New York Marine Hospital, Staten Island, New York (Quarantine)
- Staten Island, New York
- Primary Participants
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Name Unrecorded - Male (b. 1787) {African man}
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02897
Role: Runaway
Age: 18
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- Garrit Coffin
Verbatim description from source:
"Negro Boy, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches in height, thick set, speaks very little English, has three marks on one of his cheeks, just between the eyes.; The above negro is an african." - Additional Participants
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Garrit Coffin
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02839
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker