Jack
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Fifty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the 10th instant, a Negro Man, named JACK, about 5 feet 10 inches high, thick set and lightish complexion, about 28 years of age, has worked some time in a ship yard, but has since followed the seas, is supposed he will either offer himself to work in a yard or to ship on board some vessel; had on when he went away a long brown coloured broadcloth coat, nankeen trowsers, and carried with him a quantity of sea cloths. Whoever will take up said Negro and return him to me or secure him in any goal in the United States shall be entitled to the above reward and all necessary charges paid. FREDERICK RILEY. N. B. ALL masters of vessels and others are hereby forbid carrying off, employing, harboring or concealing said Negro, on penalty of the law. Wethersfield, (Rockyhill) Sept. 13
Citation
Frederick Riley, advertisement for Jack, Connecticut Courant, September 26, 1796, accessed June 9, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4885.