Amos
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run away from the subscriber in Greens-farm, Fairfield, a Negro Man, named Amos, about 20 years of age, about five feet and a half high, thick set hair naturally grows very low on his forehead, had on when he went away a short coat, with a patch on the elbow, under jacket and new trowsers, both Fustian, white worsted stockings, a new wool hat with a black ribbon and buckle, sometimes plays on a fife. Whoever will take up said Negro and return him to the subscriber, or secure him so that he may have him again shall have five Dollars reward, and all reasonable charges paid, by NATHANIEL ADAMS. Fairfield, August 31, 1787. N.B. It is supposed he is gone into the state of Massachusetts.
Citation
Nathaniel Adams, advertisement for Amos, Connecticut Courant, September 17, 1787, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4762.