1805-09-26 Freedom Seeking: Cuff
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01239
- Source
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Runaway ad for Cuff, by John Brown
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Runaway ad for Cuff, by John Brown, "20 Dollars Reward," Centinel of Freedom, October 1, 1805, p. 3.
- Event Description
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On September 26, 1805, a Black man named Cuff, aged 23, ran away from his enslaver John Brown of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Cuff was described by his enslaver as a "mulatto man" indicating that he was a person of mixed ancestry.
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Transcript of the source document:
"20 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on Thursday, the 26th inst. a mulatto man named CUFF, about 23 years old, not far from 6 feet high, and very stout; had on a short dark colored coat, streaked copperas colored jacket, and tow trousers. He has a remarkable scar on the back part of his head, occasioned by a bile, on which there is no hair. Whoever will secure said negro man in any jail, and give information to his master so that he may get him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges.
JOHN BROWN.
Woodbridge, Sept. 27, 1805. 70-3w*" - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- September 26, 1805
- Location of Event
- Woodbridge
- Primary Participants
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Cuff (b. 1782)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02898
Role: Runaway
Age: 23
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Brown
Verbatim description from source:
"mulatto man named CUFF, about 23 years old, not far from 6 feet high, and very stout; He has a remarkable scar on the back part of his head, occasioned by a bile, on which there is no hair" - Additional Participants
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John Brown
Person identifier: NJS-PER-00311
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker