Moses
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
STOP RUNAWAY. 20 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber at Long-Island, a Black Man by the name of MOSES, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high – one eye a little less than the other – walks a little lame from a wound received on the heel, where he has a large scar. – Took with him a mulatto Woman, his wife, with a male Child about 3 years old. The above reward will be paid by delivering him to the Gaoler in New-Haven. NATHANIEL SMITH. P.S. He is supposed to be in Connecticut, as he was last seen in Cheshire, on the Turnpike to Hartford. Smithtown, Long-Island, June 20, 1818
Citation
Nathaniel Smith, advertisement for Moses, Connecticut Herald, July 14, 1818, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5337.