Martha Dupoise
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN AWAY
From the subscriber on the night following the 28th March last, an indented apprentice Black Girl, by the name of MARTHA DUPOISE aged about eighteen years. Said black girl was enticed away by a black boy by the name of WILLIAM FREEMAN about the same age. Whoever will return said runaway, shall receive one cent reward, but no charges will be paid by me, nor for any expenses of her contracting. All persons are forbid harbouring, concealing or trusting said runaway on penalty of law.
CHARLES L. WEBB.
From the subscriber on the night following the 28th March last, an indented apprentice Black Girl, by the name of MARTHA DUPOISE aged about eighteen years. Said black girl was enticed away by a black boy by the name of WILLIAM FREEMAN about the same age. Whoever will return said runaway, shall receive one cent reward, but no charges will be paid by me, nor for any expenses of her contracting. All persons are forbid harbouring, concealing or trusting said runaway on penalty of law.
CHARLES L. WEBB.
Notes
Ran away with a boy of same age
Citation
Charles L. Webb, advertisement for Martha Dupoise, Connecticut Courant, April 16, 1827, accessed September 11, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5007.