Abel
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
Run away last Tuesday night, a negro man named Abel, about 20 years old, of a small stature, talks good English; bad on when he went away a fest hat, a greenish colour'd flannel coat with brown lining, a white fustian jacket something wore, a check'd linnen shirt, sheep's skin breeches, and blue stockings with white at the tops, and brass buckles in his shoes-whoever should take up said negro and return him to the subscriber, or lend him word so that he may have him again, shall have four dollars reward, and all necessary charges, paid by Gideon Platt, Jun. Milford, May 10, 1771.
Citation
Giedon Platt, advertisement for Abel, Connecticut Journal , May 10, 1771, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5492.