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Title
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Prince - NY-MUSIC23
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Identifier
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NY-MUSIC23
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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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Rivington’s New-York Gazetteer #118
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Date
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August 24, 1775
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Trade
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Musician (Fifer)
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Christopher Sweedland
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Home Location
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Brooklyn, New York
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Christopher Sweedland
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #389
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Transcription
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Run away from the subscriber at Brookland, Long Island, on Tuesday morning the 22nd instant, a negro man named Prince, aged 19 years old, very black, about 5 feet 9 inches high, walks stooping, one leg smaller than the other, plays on the fife; had on with him when he went away, an old outside winter coat, double breasted, with brass buttons, an under brown thread jacket, without sleeves, an old white shirt, a new pair of oznabrigs trousers and breeches, brown thread stockings and shoes with plated buckles and a good beaver hat. Whoever brings the negro to me at Brookfield aforesaid shall receive Forty Shillings reward and all reasonable charges. Christopher Sweedland.
