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Title
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Charles - NY-COACH87, NY-HOST2
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Identifier
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NY-COACH87, NY-HOST2
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans
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Source
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New-York Evening Post #2779
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Date
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April 23, 1811
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Trade
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Coachman, Hostler
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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George Caines
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Home
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Windsor-Hill, near Newburgh
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Home Location
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Newburgh, New York
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from George Caines
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber a young negro man, of the name of CHARLES, about twenty-two years of age and about five feet eight of nine inchs high, well made, upright, and stout; his complexion of a yellowish black, good featured for a black, and his nose good, with more of a dent between his eyes than common for a coloured person; not talkative, but handy with horses; had on a drab coloured pair of pantaloons and jacket, the former nearly new; a white hat somewhat worn, and a pair of laced half boots, very-little worn. Is well known on the Albany and New York roads, having travelled with the subscriber and drove his carriage. The above reward and all fair expences will be paid on his being lodged in any jail in the state or delivered to the subscriber. Windsor-Hill, near Newburgh, 16th of April 1811.
GEORGE CAINES.
The above negro went off in the company of a yellow man of colour somewhat taller than himelf, rather more slimly made and with earrings.
April 23 3t
