Jack
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS will be given by the subscriber for securing a Negro Man named JACK. He calls himself Free Man John, aged 23 years, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, stout and well made, broad face, has a quickness in his looks, chews a great deal of tobacco; had on an iron-grey close waistcoat, and long trowsers, with white metal buttons engraved round the edges, a drab cloth great coat, woth a large cape, a pair of dark brown and white mixed stockings, new shoes with strings, an old woollen strapp'd hat. Whoever secures said Negro in any goal in the United States and will give information to the subscriber, shall have the above reward. Letters directed to New-York will be duly received. PETER ALLAIRE. Mamaroneck, (Westchester County) Jan. 9, 1790.
Citation
Peter Allaire, advertisement for Jack, Connecticut Courant, March 15, 1790, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4784.