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Title
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Lens - NY-MUSIC19
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Identifier
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NY-MUSIC19
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, African American women--History, Women artisans
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Source
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Parker’s New-York Gazette; or, The Weekly Post-Boy, #963
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Date
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June 18, 1761
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Trade
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Singer
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Gender
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Female
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Enslaver
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David Devore
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Home
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Turtle-Bay
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Home Location
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Manhattan, New York
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from [David Devore]
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #195
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Transcription
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RUN AWAY, on Tuesday the 9th Inst, from the Subscriber, living at Turtle-Bay, a Mulatto Wench named Lens, 17 Years old, can speak good Dutch and English, and sings a good Song; is a handsome Wench, and may pass for a free person, as she is very well featured all but her nose, and lips, which are thick and flat, has long black curld hair and a mould on her face: Had on when she went away a home- spun Josey and Pettycoat, but no shoes nor stockings. Whoever takes up and secures said wench on the Island of New-York, so that she may be had again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and if in another Government, Three Pounds paid by DAVID DEVORE,
N.B. All Persons are forbid to harbour or entertain said Wench at their peril. Likewise, all Masters of Vessels are forbid to carry her off.
