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Title
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Tom aka Thomas Heard- MD-COOK6, MD-BRIL3, MD-STO2, MD-PLA3, MD-WHIT2
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Identifier
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MD-COOK6, MD-BRIL3, MD-STO2, MD-PLA3, MD-WHIT2
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Source
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Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
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Date
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January 27, 1789
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gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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William Aisquith
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events
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Self-emancipated from William Aisquith
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Notes
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Compiled from Lathan Windley
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Transcription
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TWO RUNAWAY SLAVES.
Forty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, on the 21st of this inst. a NEGRO MAN, named TOM, (he calls himself THOMAS HEARD) about 5 feet 10½ or 11 inches high, a black smooth faced slender fellow, about 26 years old, was born and brought up in my family, and understands waiting in the house, taking care of horses, cooking, &c. and is very complaisant; for several years past he has worked with the bricklayers and stone-masons, as a labourer, and understands that business well, also plastering, white-washing, and jobs in the masons way; he is an active, sensible fellow, and will get drunk after he has done his work, and is then saucy —his toes have been a little frostbitten this winter, by being out at nights; had on when he went away, a short double-breasted waistcoat, of a dark brown or rather claret colour, lined in the body with green baize, the sleeves with white flannel or baize, a coarse country linen shirt, leather breeches, patched on the knees and in the seat, a pair of old boots lately mended, and a clumsy patch on the instep of one of them, and one of the heels of the boot near worn off, a pair of shoes or pumps about half worn, and other cloaths that are uncertain, and will dress very neat. He will endeavour to pass for a free man, and may have obtained a forged pass for that purpose; it is likely he will endeavour to get to New-York, to see a MULATTO MAN who was brought up with him in my family; he is a Slave also, and calls himself ALEXANDER BROWN, but always went by the name of ELLIC here; he ran away the 18th of February 1787, was advertised in the Baltimore News-Papers for a long time; he is about 32 or 33 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, has bushy hair, or rather wool, which he combs and used to dress by frizzing, &c. is very artful; he can read pretty well, and understands something of figures. He was brought up mostly to the bricklaying and stone-masons business, which he understands; has served as a second hand in a bakehouse, and likewise some time in a rope-walk—he has often been seen in New-York, by people who knew him, and from information, he had with him a forged pass, certifying that he was born of a white woman, and served his servitude agreeable to the laws of this State, that is, to 31 years of age, which pass he has had renewed wherever he has been employed, or certificates to the same purpose—his mother is a Slave to me, and as black as a sloe. Whoever apprehends and secures both, or either the above described SLAVES, so that I get them again, shall be entitled to the following rewards—for TOM, if taken in this County, EIGHT DOLLARS; if out of it, in proportion to the distance; and if BOTH, the above reward.
WILLIAM AISQUITH.
All masters of vessels, and others, are hereby forewarned harbouring, employing, secreting, or entertaining the Slaves above named, as they shall answer it at their peril.
Baltimore, January 20, 1789.
