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Isaac Gibson

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Ran Away FROM the Subscriber on Sunday morning last, an apprenticed BLACK BOY, named Isaac Gibson, between 16 & 17 years old; about five feet high, stout made, very black, dull eyes, speaks slow, and walks awkwardly; he is supposed to have gone to…
Newspaper: Middlesex Gazette
Date: June 15, 1820
Location: Middletown, CT

Samuel Caesar

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NOTICE. SAMUEL CAESAR, a negro man, about 24 years of age, a pauper, having absconded from the place provided for him in this town, we therefore forbid all persons living out of said town harboring, trusting or supporting said Samuel at the expense…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: January 25, 1820
Location: Ellington, CT

Wyllys Rogers

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NOTICE. WYLLYS ROGERS, a mulatto boy, about 14 years of age, being under the care of us the subscribers, having run away from Samuel Aborn's, the place provided for him in this town, we therefore forbid all persons harboring, trusting or employing…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: October 26, 1819
Location: Tolland, CT

Seth Hotchkiss

RAN away from the subscriber, on the night of the 29th of August last, an indented apprentice to the shoemaking and tanning business, named Seth Hotchkiss, about 20 years of age. Said boy is small of his age, dark complexion, a black, downcast,…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: September 21, 1819
Location: Berlin, CT

John Buckley

Ran away from the subscriber on the 8th inst an indented apprentice by the name of John Buckley: This is to forbid all persons trusting, harboring or employing said runaway on penalty of the law. Whoever will return said boy shall receive one cent…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: May 8, 1819
Location: Farmington, CT

Wyllis Cole

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Stop the Runaway RUN away from the Subscribers, on the night of the 9th instant an indented Apprentice to the Shoemaking business, by the name of Wyllis Cole. Said boy is 19 years old, of a dark complexion, about 5 feet, 3 inches high, thick set-…
Newspaper: Middlesex Gazette
Date: January 13, 1819
Location: Middletown, CT

Moses

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STOP RUNAWAY. 20 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber at Long-Island, a Black Man by the name of MOSES, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high – one eye a little less than the other – walks a little lame from a wound received on the heel, where he…
Newspaper: Connecticut Herald
Date: July 14, 1818
Location: Smithtown, NY

David Fowler

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DAVID FOWLER an indented Boy to the subscriber, run away on the afternoon of the 18th instant. All persons are hereby cautioned against trusting him, and warned not to harbor or employ him, and masters of vessels not to take him away under penalty…
Newspaper: Middlesex Gazette
Date: June 25, 1818
Location: Middletown, CT

Roswel Taylor

FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. ESCAPED from the subscriber at New-Harford, on the 25th instant, a prisoner by the name of Roswel Taylor, about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high, dark complexion, blakc eyes, slim built, had on when he escaped a…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: May 5, 1818
Location: New Hartford, CT

Tom

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THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber on the 9th March last, a black indented Boy named Tom, 18 years old last October, about five feet nine or ten inches high, stout made, very black, but good looking. Had on when he went away a dark…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: April 7, 1818
Location: Northeast, NY