Nero
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
Feb. 27, 1769. RUN-away from the subscriber of Hartford, on the 15th instant, a negro man, named NERO, about 35 years of age, about 5 feet 4 inches high, speaks bad English. Had on when he went away, a light colour'd great coat, a pair of buckskin breeches, a mill'd cap, and woolen shirt his other cloaths forgot as to the colour of them. Whoever shall take up said Negro, and return him to his master, or secure him, so that he may have him again, shall have two dollars reward, paid by SAMUEL FARNSWORTH.
Citation
Samuel Farnsworth, advertisement for Nero, Connecticut Courant, February 27, 1769, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4453.