Cush
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ran away from the Subscriber, on Long-Island, the 4th inst. a negro man slave named CUSH, this country born, he is about 5 feet and 8 inches high; had on a blue broadcloth coat lined with white, a black everlasting jacket5, and a pair of brown drilling breeches. He is supposed to have carried off with him a molatto squaw named Sybil. -- Whoever will return him to me his master, or secure him in any of his Majesty’s goals, ti that his laid master shall have intelligence thereof, shall have TEN DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid by JOHN- FOSTER. Southhampton, December 7th, 1772.
Citation
John Foster, advertisement for Cush, Connecticut Gazette, December 11, 1772, accessed June 9, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5496.