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Title
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Tom - NY-CYP1, NY-MUSIC32
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Identifier
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NY-CYP1, NY-MUSIC32
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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The New-York Gazette: or The Weekly Post-Boy, #726
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Date
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December 13, 1756
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Trade
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Cypherer, Musician (Fiddler)
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Joseph Harris
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Home
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Beekman, Duchess County
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Home Location
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Dutchess County, New York
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Joseph Harris
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #143
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Transcription
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Run away from Joseph Harris, of Beekman’s Precinct, in Dutchess County, on the 3rd of September last, a Mulatto Fellow named Tom, about 5 feet eight inches high, is thick and well set, can talk good Dutch and English, and can play very well upon the fiddle.—can read, write and cypher and has some Freckles. He first listed himself in the Boston Forces and was seen in Albany about a fortnight ago with the Forces so that it is likely he has gone toward Boston or other Parts of New England. Whoever takes up and secures the said servant fellow so that his master might have him again shall have Ten Pounds New York currency reward and all reasonable charges paid by Joseph Harris. N.B. Whoever secures him send notice to Balrus Van Kleek in the city of New York; or the said Joseph Harris.
