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Title
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Cato (Toby) - NJ-MUSIC3
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Identifier
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NJ-MUSIC3
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Source
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The Pennsylvania Gazette
The New-York Gazette, Revived in The Weekly Post-Boy #762
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Date
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April 15, 1756
August 29, 1757
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Richard Stillwell
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Home Location
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Middletown, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Lived in Jamaica
2. Enslaved by Richard Stillwell
3. Self-emancipated from Richard Stillwell in Middleton, new Jersey
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free pg 58 and related advertisement on pg. 69
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Transcription
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Runaway from the subscriber living at Middletown, in East- New-Jersey, the 9th of January last, a Negro man named Cato, alias Toby, aged about 30 years, a lusty well set fellow, full fac’d: Had on when he went away a plain-made Bear-skin coat, with flat Metal Buttons, a white woollen vest; wool hat and cap, a brown Tow Shirt, Buckskin Breeches, wool stockings, a pair of pumps with large brass buckles: he was branded when a boy in Jamaica, in the West Indies, with a B (and I think) C on his left shoulder blade; he is sly artful fellow and deceives the credulous by pretending to tell fortunes, and pretends to be free, speaks English as well as if country bom, and plays on the Fiddle; it is thought he is gone towards the Cedar Swamps, and that some base Person has given him a Pass. Whoever apprehends said slave, and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall receive Forty Shillings reward and reasonable charges paid by Richard Stillwell.
Middletown, Monmouth County, East-New-Jersey, August 1, 1757. Runaway from the subscriber the first of January, twelve months past, a Negroe Man, named Cato, who has since his elopement changed his name several times: Had on when he went away a Pair of Buckskin breeches, fine brown linen shirt, a plain made whitish Camblet Coat, dark Yarn stockings, new shoes, and a wool hat. He is a short well-set Fellow, understands Husbandry in all its parts, an excellent hand with a scythe in grass or grain, speaks English as if country born, and pretends to be free. Underneath his right- shoulder blade he was branded in Jamaica when a Boy with the letters BC, which are plain to be seen. He plays poorly on the fiddle and pretends to tell fortunes. It is supposed he has a forged pass. Whoever secures the said Negroe so that his Master may have him again, shall receive a reward of Five Pounds and reasonable charges paid by Richard Stillwell.
