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Title
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Charles - NJ-BUTL2, NJ-COACH2, NJ-GARD1
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Identifier
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NJ-BUTL2, NJ-COACH2, NJ-GARD1
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1865, Artisans
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Source
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The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury #1028
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Date
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June 8, 1771
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Trade
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Butler, Coachman, Gardener
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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William Bayard
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Home
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William Bayard's Farm
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Home Location
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Hoobock, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Enslaved by William Bayard
2. Self-emancipated from William Bayard
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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. 160
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Transcription
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New York, June 14, 1771. Runaway from William Bayard’s farm, Hoobock, opposite the City of New-York, a mullato servant man, named Charles, about 40 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, much pock-broken, his head partly grey, wears a cap sometimes; speaks good English, rather thin, understands all kinds of farming business, is a good coachman and gardner, and tends well on a gentleman; has carried a number of cloathes with him so that he cannot well be described, as to what he wears; passes it is said for a freeman and has a forged pass with him. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him off and all taverns and other houses from entertaining him. Whoever will secure the said fellow in the nearest gaol where he is taken up, and give the earliest intelligence to his Master, shall have Ten Dollars reward, and all reasonable charges paid by William Bayard.
