Frank
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Runaway, a negro boy slave, named Frank,--he left the subscriber’s house in Lyme, Black-Point, on Friday night, the 29th inst. And has not since returned. He is about 20 years old, 5 feet 5 inches high, square built, has a large mouth, thick lips, the upper part of one of his ears is missing by the kick of a horse when he was a child, a scar on his gullet : Had on an old full cloth, grey, double breasted jacket, lined with white linsey-woolsey; brown tow-cloth shirt and trowsers ; low crown hat, brims paired and put on the upper side. Whoever will take up said slave and deliver him in any goal to that his master shall have hima gain, shall be intitled to the above reward, and all necessary charges paid. All persons are forbid harboring said bov on penalty of the law. Octo. 2, ’97. Joshua Powers.
Citation
Joshua Powers, advertisement for Frank, Connecticut Gazette, October 18, 1797, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5554.