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Title
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Ralph - NY-SAIL9
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Identifier
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NY-SAIL9
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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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The New-York Gazette: or, The Weekly Post-Boy, #833
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Date
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December 18, 1758.
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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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James Campbell
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Home Location
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Charles Country, Maryland
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved in Maryland
2. Self-emancipated from James Campbell
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #172
Individual self-emancipated from a sloop in New York
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Transcription
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Run away on the 23rd of December, 1757, from the sloop Walter, of Maryland, then lying at Hunter’s Quay, in New York; a Negro Fellow named RALPH, Maryland born; about 5 feet 6 inches high; speaks hoarse and thick, and is a great Chewer of Tobacco; flat nose and very thick lip’d, and wide mouth’d. He has been scalded on the Back of his left hand, and up his arm, by which the scar thereof appears; and is of a swarthy complexion: He has also a great many Dents in the Top of his Head, which seem to be the Ward-end of a key: he has the Use of his left Hand better than his Right; and is what is commonly called left-handed: he has had the Small-Pox, but not much pitted It’s expected he is on board some of the Privateers belonging to this city. Whoever takes up and secures the above Negro, so that his master may have him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward,— if in or near New York, the Reward will be paid by Samuel Bowne, Merchant;— if in Philadelphia, by Reefe Meredith, Merchant,— and if in Maryland, by James Campbell (the Owner) in Charles Country; besides all reasonable charges.
