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Title
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Jack - NJ-BRASS1
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Identifier
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NJ-BRASS1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1865, Artsians
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Source
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The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, #1289
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Date
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June 25, 1776
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Trade
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Brazier (Brass Founder)
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Jackob Wilkins
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Home Location
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Newark, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Born in Guiney
2. Enslaved by Jacob Wilkins
3. Self-emancipated from Jacob Wilkins
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free pg. 186
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Transcription
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TEN DOLLARS Reward. RUN-away last Thursday from the Subscriber, at Newark, a certain Negro Fellow named Jack, about 25 years old, a square well-built Fellow, pretty black, Guiney born, and spoke bad English: He took with him several Sorts of Cloths, his Master’s Gun, and a Grenadier’s Sword, with Brass Mountings: He is supposed to have had on a good Beaver Hat cocked in the Fashion, a light coloured fine Cloth jacket, without Sleeves, and may wear a Blanket Coat, he has a Scar right down his Forehead to his Nose, his country Mark, can handle a File, and understands the Brass Founder’s Business. Whoever takes up the said Fellow, and delivers him to Mrs. Wilkins, near Ogden’s Furnace, in Newark, shall have the above reward; or in New-York, to JACOB WILKINS.
