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Title
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Roger - NJ-MUSIC15
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Identifier
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NJ-MUSIC15
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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 2, 1793
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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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Daniel Vliet
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Home Location
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Bethlehem Town, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from Daniel Vliet
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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 on the 18th of December, a NEGRO MAN, about 5 feet 6 inches high, had on a linsey coat and jacket of blue and white mix, grey trowsers or black breeches he had a bundle of clothes with him, but likely has parted with them, is very black and can play the fiddle ; if examine he has a stoppage in his speech, his name is Roger. Whoever will take him up and secure him in any gaol and give the owner notice, shall have the above reward and reasonable charges paid by the subscriber, living in Hunterdon county, Bethlehem town. DANIEL VLIET. December 18, 1792.
