Crispus Cros
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run-away from the Rev. John-Frederick Rees of Claverack, on the First of January last, a Mulatto Negro Man, named Crispus Cros, about Six Feet high, raw-bon'd, had on a dark brown long friz'd Coat, half warn felt Hatt, red Indian Stockings, knock-kneed, speaks good English, writes and reads well, he pretends to understand the Fulling Business; he was bought of one Harris near Rhode-Island. Whoever shall take up said Slave, and bring him to the Printer hereof, shall receive Five Pounds New-York Currency reward, and all reasonable Charges. Feb. 22, 1767.
Citation
John-Frederick Rees, advertisement for Crispus Cros, Connecticut Courant, February 2, 1767, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4443.