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Title
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Violet - NY-WAIT146
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Identifier
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NY-WAIT146
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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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Rivington’s New-York Gazetteer #31
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Date
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November 18, 1773
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Trade
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Waiter
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Gender
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Female
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Enslaver
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Michael Varian
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Home
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Bull's Head Tavern
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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 Michael Varien
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free #365
Hired out by Michael to brother Richard or sister-in-law Susannah?
(https://archive.org/details/bookofvarianfami1881brig/page/n67/mode/2up?q=Michael)
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Transcription
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Ten Dollars Reward, run away Tuesday night, from Michael Varien, a negro wench named Violet, about eighteen years old, of a yellowish colour about five feet high, she has a scar on her left arm where she was inoculated about the size of a shilling and a small blemish in one of her eyes: before she went off she took away a large quantity of cloathes belonging to her mistress consisting of chintz gowns, two black silk cloaks and hats, a red short cloak, laced caps, etc. Whoever brings the said wench to the Bull’s Head in Bowery Lane shall receive the above reward.
