Robert
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
Newport, (Rhode-Island) October 20, 1761. RUNAWAY on the 15th of this instant from Adam Hunter; of Newport, Rhode-Island, a negro man named Robert, about five feet nine inches high, well built and very square shoulder'd has a scar or mark something like the scar of a burn between one of his cheeks and the corner of his mouth, his middle tooth of the upper-row gone, speaks good English being born in Jamaica had with him sundry sorts of apparel and can't be described by any particular. Whosoever shall apprehend him, and bring him to the abovesaid Master, or to Edmond Sweeny in New Haven, or secure him in any of his Majesty's goals so that his master may have him again, shall have a reward, fifty pounds Rhode-Island old tenor, or lawful money equivalent, and all necessary charges paid by ANDREW HUNTER, or EDMOND SWEENY.
Citation
Andrew Hunter and Edmond Sweeny, advertisement for Robert, Connecticut Gazette, November 14, 1761, accessed June 6, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5301.