Cesar - NJ-COOK6, NJ-HOST7

Item

Title
Cesar - NJ-COOK6, NJ-HOST7
Identifier
NJ-COOK6, NJ-HOST7
Subject
African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1865, Artisans
Source
Guardian or New Brunswick Advertiser
Date
September 24, 1801
Trade
Cook
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Jeremiah Clarkson
Home Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Jeremiah Clarkson
Item Type
Advertisement
Notes
Genealogybank
Transcription
Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber in Woodbridge, Middlesex county, on the 18th instant, a Negro man named CESAR, about 40 years of age, 5 feet high, hair queued behind ; had on when he went away, a homespun hair, trowsers and coat, much given to drink, understands farming, is a good cook, and handy among horses, it is supposed he has a forged pass and changed his clothes--whoever takes up said negro and returns him to his master, or puts him in any gaol so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and all realonable charges paid by JEREMIAH CLARKSON. August 29, 1801
Item sets
Cooks
Hostlers