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Title
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Dan - NJ-MUSIC11, NJ-SAD1
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Identifier
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NJ-MUSIC11, NJ-SAD1
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Source
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The New-Jersey Gazette (Trenton), #106
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Date
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January 5, 1780
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Gender
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Male
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Enslaver
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Christian Wirtz
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Home Location
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Lancaster, New Jersey
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated by Christian Wirtz
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Notes
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Pretends to be Free pgs. 224-225
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Transcription
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Lancaster, December 14, 1779. Two Hundred Pounds Reward. RUN away from the subscriber on the evening of the 20th June last, a negro man named DAN, about 24 or 25 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, something pitted with the small-pox; his dress when he went off is uncertain, as he took sundry clothes with him, amongst which are, two coats, a light saggathy, and a brown with yellow buttons, three jackets, light blue, brown, and striped linen, a pair of new buckskin breeches, several pair of old striped and two pair of tow trowsers, three pair of stockings, three good shirts, and a round hat. Said negro is this country bom, and talks the English and German languages, is fond of playing the fiddle, is naturally left-handed, and what is very remarkable, he bows with his left-hand when performing on the violin; he can work a little at the saddler’s trade, is a shrewd cunning fellow, and will if possible procure a pass, probably change his name, and endeavour to pass as a freeman. Whoever takes up and secures said slave in any gaol, so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above reward. CHRISTIAN WIRTZ.
