Tom
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
Run away from me the subscriber, a negro man, named TOM, a little on the molatto colour, aged 19 years, speaks good English and low Dutch, has a blemish in one eye. Had on when he went away, a light blue coat, white Philadelphia buttons, and best of the same colour. Whoever takes up said negro, and brings him to me, shall have five dollars reward, and all reasonable charges paid by me, JOHN DELAMETTER. Dutchess County, Amenia, Oblong, Oct. 25, 1771.
Citation
John Delametter, advertisement for Tom, Connecticut Courant, October 15, 1771, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4480.