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Title
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Jem (James, Gaul, Mingo, Mink, Tim) - NJ-MUSIC8
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Identifier
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NJ-MUSIC8
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Source
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The Pennsylvania Chronicle #235; The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury #1101
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Date
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July 1, 1771; November 30, 1772
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Isaac Wilkins, Samuel Ogden
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Home Location
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Newark, New Jersey; Boontown, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Formerly enslaved by Isaac Wilkins
2. Enslaved by Samuel Ogden
3. Self-emancipated from Samuel Ogden
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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. 161-162, and page 165 ; both transcripts in the box the first in the first in date and the second on is from the later November date
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Transcription
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Twelve Dollars reward Ran away from the subscribers the 2nd Day of July instant, a Negro Man slave, who calls himself by the several names of James, Gaul, Mingo, Mink and Jem. His real name is Jem; he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, thick set, and not very black; he has a scar on his face, and is about 35 years old; he took with him two oznabrigs shirts and trowsers, a broadcloth coat, a coating waistcoat, a felt hat, and a violin. He is supposed to have gone off with a certain Patrick Johnson, who was born in Ireland, about 5 feet 10 inches high and 30 years old; he is thin about the flesh, having lately been sick; had on and took with him, one new check and two new oznabrigs shirts and trowsers, a felt hat, narrow-brim’d and bound with brown ferreting, an old fustian waistcoat without sleeves, fine short brown hair and is much addicted to strong liquors. They stole and took with them, a large brown Horse, about 12 years old, near 15 hands high, very strong made, paces and trots, and is branded,, either on the shoulder or thigh with some letters not remembered. Whoever takes up and secures the said Negro and Horse and delivers them to the subscribers at Newark, in New-Jersey, shall be entitled to the above reward and well paid for extra charges, or Eight dollars for the Negro and Four Dollars for the Horse. Isaac Wilkins, Samuel Ogden. Newark, July 4, 1771.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD, RUN-away from Samuel Ogden, of Boontown, in the County of Morris, and Province of New-Jersey, on Sunday the 18th of October last: A Negro Man named Mingo or Tim, he is about 30 Years of Age; has a scar either on his Nose or one of his Cheeks; is about 5 feet 7 or 8 Inches high, plays on the Violin, speaks good Dutch and English, and is much addicted to Strong drink: Had on when he went away a dark brown broad cloth Coat, with brass Philadelphia Buttons, a brown broad cloath waist-coat, with basket mohair Buttons, a Pair of red coating Trowsers, an ozenbrig Shirt and wool Hat. He was formerly the property of Isaac Wilkins, Esq; of West-Chester, about which Place it is not unlikely he may be lurking. Whoever apprehends said Negro and returns him to his Master, or secures him in any of his Majesty’s Goals, shall be paid the above Reward, and all reasonable Charges by SAMUEL OGDEN.
