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Title
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Jack - NY-SAIL1
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Identifier
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NY-SAIL1
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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 Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury #1178
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Date
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May 23, 1774
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Trade
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Sailor
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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I.G. Tetard
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Home
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Kingsbridge
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Home Location
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Bronx, NY
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved in Staten Island
2. Self-emancipated from I.G. Tetard
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #367
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Transcription
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FIVE DOLLARS Reward. RUN-away from the subscriber (the 27th of April last) living at King’s-Bridge, an elderly negro fellow named Jack, about six feet high, bald pated, Guinea mark’d, &c, speaks good English, and has smattering both of French and Dutch, lived formerly on Staten-Island : had on when he went away, a grey homespun jacket and breeches, with a pair of coarse tow-cloth trowsers. Any person that secures the said negro, so that the owner may have him again, shall be entitled to the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by I. G. TETARD. N.B. As the fellow has formerly been a sailor, he may probably take to sea; therefore all captains of vessels are forwamed carrying him off at their peril.
