BCDA (Objects)

Title

James Hulse - NY-MUSIC12

Identifier

NY-MUSIC12

Subject

African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans

Source

The Royal Gazette (New York) #172

Date

May 20, 1778

Trade

Musician (Violinist), Forager

Gender

Male

Home

Turtle Bay

Home Location

Manhattan, New York

Events

1. Formerly enslaved in Turtle Bay
2. Self-emancipated in 1778

Item Type

Advertisement

Notes

Pretends to be Free #461

Transcription

FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. WILL be paid by the Printer of this paper to any person who will give information of a Mulatto Man, named James Hulse, who has lately absconded from his proprietor; he is about five feet nine inches high, straight made, about 30 years of age; was a few weeks since discharged from his Majesty’s service in the forage department, at Turtle Bay; and, as he plays on the violin it is probable that he may be skulking in some part of this city.