Guinea
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run-away from the subscriber at Litchfiled, a Negro man about 40 years old, Named Guinea, thick sett, of a middleing height, for four or five years past was owned by Moses Doolittle of Chester, has lived for some time at Middletown and is supposed to be Lurking some where there about. Whoever will take up said fellow and return him to me shall have Two Dollars Reward and all necessary charges paid by me HEZEKIAH ORTON. N. B. If he will return to his duty shall be kindly received and no punishment inflicted.
Citation
Hezekiah Orton, advertisement for Guinea, Connecticut Courant, June 9, 1772, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4487.