Oney and Mint Fagins
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Ten Dollars Reward. RUN-away from the Subscriber on the evening foltowing the 30th of June, a negro man named Oney, about twenty years of age, about five feet eight inches high, very black, has left the middle finger of his left hand; had on when he went off a butternut coloured Coat and Vest, coloured tow cloth Trowsers, was barefoot; also an Apprentice, molatto boy named Mint Fagins, about eighteen years of age, five feet eight inches high; had on when he went off a brown sailor Jacket and green Vest, striped tow Shirt and plain tow cloth Trowsers, was barefoot; said fellows have once been taken in Hartford, and by violent means made their escape. - Whoever will take up, secure or return said boys to their Masters - shall hae the above reward, or five Dollars for either of them, and all reasonable charges paid by EBENEZER BISHOP and EZRA CLARK. N. B. All Masters of vessels and others are forbid harbouring, concealing, or carrying off said fellows on penalty of the Law. Lisbon, June 30, 1788.
Citation
Ebenezer Bishop and Ezra Clark, advertisement for Oney and Mint Fagins, Connecticut Courant, August 4, 1788, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4771.