Prince
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
ONE GUINEA REWARD. RUN AWAY from his Master, on Tuesday last, a Negro Boy named PRINCE, about fifteen years old, a small likely looking lad, speaks good English, is rather talkative and saucy. He carried with him, an old blue coat with steel buttons, a short, redish, brown coat, with yellow capt, cuffs, and lining; a triped wilton great coat; a leather jockey cap, and an old slop'd fat, with several shirts, &c. Is supposed said boy was lurking about town for several days. He formerly lived at Lyme. Whoever will take up said Negro Boy, and bring him to the Subscriber, at Hartford shall have the above reward and all charges paid by JOSIAH W. GIBBS. Hartford, May 14, 1780.
Citation
Josiah W. Gibbs, advertisement for Prince, Connecticut Courant, May 2, 1780, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4670.