Laban
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
RUN-away from the subscriber living in Danbury, about the first of June last, a Negro man named LABAN, about 20 years of age, stout built, remarkable large feet, stammers or stutters much when he speaks, appears to be silly and almost a fool, his conversation much celebrated to make mirth for boys; since he ran away has sometimes called his name Jack Fortune, has not long since been seen in the county of Hartford. Whoever will secure said Negro and send word to the subscriber per post or otherwise, so that he may find him, shall have generous reward and all reasonable charges paid by JOSEPH MOSS WHITE.
Danbury, Feb. 27, 1792.
Danbury, Feb. 27, 1792.
Notes
has been going by the name of Jack Fortune
Citation
Joseph Moss White, advertisement for Laban, Connecticut Courant, March 12, 1792, accessed September 10, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4807.