Sampson
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Canterbury, on the Night following the 26th Instant a Mulatto Slave named Sampson, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, and thirty Years of Age. He is a Slender built Fellow, has thick lips, a curled, Mulatto Head of Hair, uncut, and goes stooping forward. He had on and carried with him, when he eloped from his Master, a half wore Felt Hat, a black and white Two Shirt, a dark brown Jacket, with Sleeves cuffed, and Pewter Buttons down before, a Butter Nut coloured Great Coat, with Pewter Buttons, a Pair of striped long Trowsers, and a Pair of short white Ditto, a Pair of white Tow Stockings, and a Pair of single channel Pumps. Whoever will take up said Slave, and deliver him to the Subscriber in Canterbury, shall have the above Reward, and all necessary Charges, paid by me
DANIEL TYLER
CANTERBURY, June 27, 1774
RUN away from the Subscriber in Canterbury, on the Night following the 26th Instant a Mulatto Slave named Sampson, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, and thirty Years of Age. He is a Slender built Fellow, has thick lips, a curled, Mulatto Head of Hair, uncut, and goes stooping forward. He had on and carried with him, when he eloped from his Master, a half wore Felt Hat, a black and white Two Shirt, a dark brown Jacket, with Sleeves cuffed, and Pewter Buttons down before, a Butter Nut coloured Great Coat, with Pewter Buttons, a Pair of striped long Trowsers, and a Pair of short white Ditto, a Pair of white Tow Stockings, and a Pair of single channel Pumps. Whoever will take up said Slave, and deliver him to the Subscriber in Canterbury, shall have the above Reward, and all necessary Charges, paid by me
DANIEL TYLER
CANTERBURY, June 27, 1774
Citation
Daniel Tyler, advertisement for Sampson, Connecticut Courant, July 5, 1774, accessed September 11, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4523.