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Yat

20 DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away on Saturday, the 15th of Nov. a Mulatto NEGRO, about 16 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high speaks good English and low Dutch, is a good fiddler, fiddles right handed, ests left handed, chops right handed. He is a…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: December 17, 1806
Location: Schenectady, NY

Roger Bailey

STOP A RUNAWAY. ESCAPED from arrest, and from lawful authority, ROGER BAILEY, late resident in Windham. Whoever will take up and secure said Bailey in any gaol, or give information so that the subscribers may obtain him again, shall receive Ten…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 12, 1806
Location: Lebanon, CT

John Gardner

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RAN AWAY, FROM the subscriber on the 20th ult. an indented Boy six-teen years of age, named John Gardner. Said Boy wore and carried away with him a short woollen coat, a swansdown vest, two pair large woolen trowsers, two cotton shirts, two check'd…
Newspaper: Connecticut Centinel
Date: November 4, 1806
Location: Norwich, CT

Hannah

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ADVERTISEMENT, WHEREAS my wife Hannah has deserted my bed and board, without any just provocation. This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. WILLIAM TURNER.…
Newspaper: Middlesex Gazette
Date: July 11, 1806
Location: Saybrook, CT

York and Rup

120 DOLLARS REWARD
RAN away from the subscriber on Whit-Sunday, two NEGRO MEN SLAVES, named YORK and RUP; both aged about 32 years. York is about five feet nine inches high, very black, pock marked, ugly, crooked fellow; he has a small impediment in…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: June 25, 1806
Location: Albany, NY

Frank or Francis

STOP THE RUNAWAY. RUN AWAY, on the 6th inst. a Negro Man, of a pretty dark complexion, named FRANK or FRANCIS, about 27 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout and acrive, speaks both low Dutch and English, has a scar above one of his…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: April 30, 1806
Location: Flatbush, NY

Orrin Waterman Johnson

Run away from the subscriber on the 14th inst an indented apprentice to the coopering business, by the name of Orrin Waterman Johnson, about 5 feet six inches high 19 years of age, of a sandy complexion, with a scar over his right eye occasioned by…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 6, 1805
Location: Torrington, CT

Martin Munsel

Run away from the subscriber on the 20th inst an indented boy, by the name of Martin Munsel Jun. Whoever will return said boy to the subscriber, shall have 5 mills reward and no charges paid. All persons are forbid harboring, trusting, or employing…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 6, 1805
Location: East Windsor, CT

Peter Ceasor Curtiss and John Waumaux

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30 DOLLARS REWARD. MADE this escape from New-Gate Prison, on the 17th inst. two Prisoners, by the names of PETER CEASOR CURTISS, a Negro, and JOHN WAUMAUX, an Indian. Said Negro 5 feet 5 inches in height, walks erect and sprigh, wore away a checked…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: November 6, 1805
Location: East Granby, CT

James

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25 DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away on the evening of the 21st, of September, a mulatto man named JAMES; he is about six feet high, walks a little stooping, with a down look, was brought up in a dutch family and discovering something of it by his speech.…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: October 23, 1805
Location: Clinton, NY