Stephen
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD. Run away from the subscriber in September last, a Negro man named Stephen, born in Lebanon, in the colony of Connecticut, is a stout fellow, frouzled hair, is part Indian, hath remarkable scars made by the king's evil breaking under his ears and chin, had with him an old fine black broad cloth coat. Any person that will bring him to me, or confine him in any of his majesty's goals, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by ROSWELL HOPKINS, of the Nine-Partners. N.B. All persons are forbid to harbour, conceal or carry him off.
Citation
Roswell Hopkins, advertisement for Stephen, Connecticut Courant, February 29, 1768, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4450.