Runaway Connecticut

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Peter

Hartford, June 26, 1773. TAKEN up and now in the custody of the subscriber, a Negro man, who calls his name PETER, is about 50 years of age, about 6 feet high, speaks good English - says he belongs to Abraham K. Vlack, of the new City, above Albany.…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: June 29, 1773
Location: Hartford, CT

Prince

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Ran away from me the Subscriber, of East Hampton, on Long Island, the 11th of June last, a NEGRO Man Slave named PRINCE, but has since called himself sundry different Names: He lived about Six Years with Mr. Daniel Denison, at Stonington, in New…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: July 9, 1773
Location: East Hampton, NY

Thomas Pierce

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Run-away from me the subscriber on the 12th instant, one Thomas Pierce, a stout thick set fellow, about 21 years of age; had on when he went away, a brown waistcoat, a check linen shirt, a pair of cloth breeches, and linnen stockings.  He took with…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: July 19, 1773
Location: Hartford, CT

Mary Flowers

Wheras MARY the Wife of me the subscriber, has since my intermarriage with her, behaved herself in a very unbecoming manner, and has injured me in the most tender part, and I am apprehensive intends to run me in debt - These are to warn all persons…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: August 10, 1773
Location: Hartford, CT

Peter

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Run away last night from his master, John Williams of Somers, a negro servant named Peter, a stout well set fellow, betwixt 30 and 40 years of age, very black, he took a considerable quantity of cloathing with him. He can read and write well, it is…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: August 24, 1773
Location: Somers, CT

Edward Peters and Rufus Cooper

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16 Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber in Pittsfield in the county of Berkshire, on the 7th June last, two Molatto Servants one named Edward Peters, about 35 years old, of a middling stature, round shouldered, bushy hair, and has lost his…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 7, 1773
Location: Pittsfield, MA

Benjamin Wilcox

RUN away from me the subscriber, last night, one Benjamin Wilcox, a bound servant to me, in the 17th year of his age, pretty large of his age, something of a brownish complexion, black eyes, brownish curl's hair on his head, if not cut off. Had with…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 21, 1773
Location: Simsbury, CT

Cato

Run-away from the subscriber in Wethersfield, a Negro Man named CATO, about the age of 27 years, is about 6 feet high, is a handsome well made fellow - Had on when he went away, a light brown jacket and a green under ditto - blue German large…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 28, 1773
Location: Wethersfield, CT

Pero

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Ten Dollars Reward. RUnaway from the subscriber, the night after the 22d instant, a Molatto fellow named PERO, about 23 years old, well set his short curl'd hair lately cut, about 5 feet 4 inches high, had on when he went off a light brown coat, a…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 28, 1773
Location: Hartford, CT

Samuel Cook

Two Dollar Reward, Run away from the subscriber, in Canterbury, an apprentice boy, named Samuel Cook, (twenty years of age) five feet eight inches high, well set, a black smith by trade. Had on and carried with him, a claret coloured coat and jacket,…
Newspaper: The Norwich Packet
Date: November 30, 1773
Location: Canterbury, CT