Dick
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RAN away from the subscriber on the night of the 27th of March inst. a Negro Man servant named DICK; about 34 years old, thick set, very black and pitted with the small pox, about 5 feet 8 inches high, speaks good English, wore away a suit of every day grey coloured jackets and trousers; carried away two check woolen shirts, two check linen do. and one holland do. one blue broadcloth coat lined with white, one lambskin jacket, a white hat and several other articles of clothing. Whoever will take up said Negro and return him to his master or confine him in any goal in the United States, shall be entitled to Six Dollars reward, and all necessary charges paid, by WILLIAM MITCHELL. N. B. All masters of vessels or others are forbid harboring said Negro on penalty of the law. Saybrook, March 28, 1793.
Citation
William Mitchell, advertisement for Dick, Connecticut Courant, April 8, 1793, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4825.