Jack
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away on the night of the 11th instant, a negro man named JACK, about four feet 6 or 8 inches high, very black, talks broken, walks with his toes out: had on when he went away, a green coatee, patched with blue, red velt, old blue trowsers, a checked woolen shirt, a black hat with a low crown, an old pair of shoes; he stole and carried away with him sundry articles of clothing, among which were. a blue broad cloth sailors jacket, fix holland shirts, a pair of grey elastic trowsers, all almost new. Said negro is very flow moulded fellow, carried away a small red and white dog, with a bobtail; he is about 25 to 26 years old:-Whoever will take up said runaway, and return him, or secure him, so that the subsciber may have him, shall be entitled to the above reward, and all necessary charges paid by. New-London, April 21,1795. JOSEPH SISTARE
Citation
Joseph Sistare, advertisement for Jack, Connecticut Gazette, April 23, 1795, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5551.