Caesar, Bet, and female child
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run away from the subscriber on the on the 23rd inst. a Negro, man, named Caesar, 20 years of age, middling size, is strong and spry; had on a grey jacket and trowsers, and check'd flannel shirt. Whoever will take up and return said runaway to the subscriber shall have the above reward, and all the necessary charges paid. All persons are forbid harboring or emplying said negro, on penalty of the law.----- Runaway at the same time, a negro wench named Bet, aged 23 years, of a middling size, with a female child about 9 months old. Whoever will take up and return said runaway to the subscriber, shall have one cent reward, and no charges paid. All persons are forbid harboring, employing, and concealing said negro on penalty of the law. Nathaniel Niles, Groton, March 23, '97.
Citation
Nathaniel Niles, advertisement for Caesar, Bet, and female child, Connecticut Gazette, April 13, 1797, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5304.