Newport
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
THREE DOLLARS REWARD, Ran away from the Subscriber, a Negro named NEWPORT, in the fifteenth Year of his Age, a Slave for Life, is a smart active Fellow, about middling Stature, one of his Eyes smaller than the other; had on when he went away a dark colour’d short Coat, pewter Buttons, a blue Jacket, one strip’d ditto, an old pair of Shoes tied with Strings, a felt Hatt, one woolen Shirt, two white ditto, and a blue gren Coat. Whoever will take up said Negro, and secure him so that his Master may have him again shall receive THREE DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges. DANIEL THROOP. Lebanon, April 21, 1776
Citation
Daniel Throop, advertisement for Newport, Connecticut Gazette, May 16, 1776, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5514.