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Pomp

Ran-away from the subscriber in Salem on the 11th instant a Negro man servant named POMP, a leather-dresser by Trade, is about 5 feet 7 inches high, speaks good English, has a large scar on one Part of his Forehead, about 23 years of Age. Had on…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: November 16, 1770
Location: Salem, CT

Boston and Newport

Run away from the Subscribers in Plainfield, in Connecticut, the Evening after the 8th Inst. two Negro Men, one named Boston, about 30 Years old, a think well set Fellow, of a middling Statute, very black, carried with him one check'd linen Shirt,…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: August 27, 1770
Location: Plainfield, CT

Boston

Ran away from the subscriber, the Evening next following the 8th instant, a negro man named Boston, a stout, thick-set fellow, of middling stature, about 30 years old, very black: Carried away with him one striped tow shirt, one old check'd ditto,…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: August 24, 1770
Location: Plainfield, CT

Robin and Jin

RUN-AWAY, FROM their Master, Benjamin Hale of Glastenbury, the Night after the 29th Inst. a Negro Man and Woman, named Robin and Jin: the Negro Man about Forty Years of Age, of a middling Stature straight Lim'd carried away with him one dark brown…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: July 30, 1770
Location: Glastenbury, CT

Negro Woman

RAN away on the 10th of April Inst. past from Daniel Cook, of Long Island, a Negro Woman, about 20 years old, speaks good English, born on Long Island, about midding stature, she is a likely wench, had a large pack of cloaths, strip'd short gown, and…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: July 20, 1770
Location: Long Island, NY

Betty Ned

Whereas Betty Ned, So called, to whom I was once married, hath for several years eloped from my bed and board, and has had children by other men, hath run me in debt, and am informed she intends to do so again. - This is to notify all persons not to…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: June 11, 1770
Location: Hartford, CT

Uriah Cross

TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUN AWAY the night after the first inst. from the subscriber in Toland, an apprentice boy named Uriah Cross, about 20 years of age, 5 feet and 4 inches high, thick set, wears his own dark colour'd hair, his left hand something…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: March 5, 1770
Location: Toland, CT

William Dawson

RAN-AWAY From his master Epaphras Bull of Hartford, in Connecticut on the night of the 12th inst. One WILLIAM DAWSON by name, who was assigned to him in service, by the hon County Court for the County of New London, in November last, for the term of…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: March 5, 1770
Location: Hartford, CT

John Anson

RUN AWAY from the subscriber of West-Hartford, on the Monday, the 25th of December last, an indentured servant, named John Anson, an Englishman, about 22 years of age about 5 feet 9 inches high, wears is his own curl'd Black hair, dark complection,…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: January 1, 1770
Location: West Hartford, CT

Tom Card

Ran-away from the subscriber, of South Kingston, in the colony of Rhode Island, on the 10th inst. A negro man named Tom, he often calls himself Tom Card, a stout, well-built fellow, about 20 years old, had on when he went away, a light colored…
Newspaper: Connecticut Gazette
Date: December 22, 1769
Location: South Kingston, RI