Harry - NJ-POTA1

Item

Title
Harry - NJ-POTA1
Identifier
NJ-POTA1
Source
The New-York Gazette; or, The Weekly
Post-Boy, #1576
Date
July 5, 1773
Gender
Male
Enslaver
Thomas Brown
Home Location
Newark, New Jersey
Events
1. Self-emancipated from Thomas Brown
Item Type
Advertisement
Notes
Pretends to be Free pg. 169
Transcription
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD, RUN-AWAY from the subscriber, living at Newark, Essex country New-Jersey, on the 3d inst. a Mulatto Fellow, called HARRY, about twenty years of age, five feet two inches high, straight black hair which he generally wears tied behind, speaks good English and understands the potash business: He had on when he went away, a blue cloth coat, white lining, brown linen waistcoat, striped trowsers, an old castor hat, newly dressed. Whoever takes up and secures the said Mulatto Fellow in any of his Majesty’s goals, so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above reward. Newark, June 14, 1773, THOMAS BROWN.
Item sets
Potash Workers