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Title
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Frank Moshoroy - NJ-MUSIC14
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Identifier
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NJ-MUSIC14
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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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Guardian or New Brunswick Advertiser
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Date
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January 23, 1795
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Trade
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Musician (Fiddler)
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Luke Covert
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Home Location
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Quibbletown, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Luke Covert
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Genalogybank
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Transcription
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FOUR DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away from the subscriber living in Effex county, in the upper part of the township of Westfield, near Quibbletown, on the 25th of last month, an indented NEGRO MAN named Frank, about forty-five yars old, he came in this country in the time of war, he talks crooked english, is a fiddler and has a fiddle with him when he went away, had on a short Olive Green coloured linsey coat worn thread bare, tow and linnen trousers patched on the knees with new cloath, a wool hat, with a band and buckle round it, calls himself Frank Moshoroy. Any person apprehending said Negro, confining him and giving information to his master so that he may get him again, or returns him shall be entitled to the above reward. LUKE COVERT June 4, 1795.
