Damas
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscriber the 31st ult. a negro boy, called Damas, a Creole, from Guadaloupe, 14 years old, 5 feet one inch high, had on when he went away, blue cloth trowsers, a short coat, and a great coat of grey cloth, a blue handkerchief around the head, annother around the neck, with an old black hat - All persons are forbid harbouring said negro, and masters of vessels from carrying him away - The above reward will be paid any person who will return said negro to JOSEPH TIMES, Union Street, at Mr. Joseph Mix's house. New-Haven, Jan 1, 1799
Citation
Joseph Times, advertisement for Damas, Connecticut Journal , January 10, 1799, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5559.