Juba
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber on Wednesday, the 27th of January, 1808, a Negro SERVANT by the name Juba, about 19 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, very black, slim built; had on when he went away a grey homemade sailors coat in overhauls and an old gray coat of the same colour; carried away a dark brown coat, &c. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to the subscriber shall have one cent reward and no charges paid. All persons are forbid trusting, harbouring, or employing said boy on penalty of the law. OZIAS PETTIBONE. Granby, January 28.
Citation
Ozias Pettibone, advertisement for Juba, Connecticut Courant, February 24, 1808, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4954.