John Benson
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Mr. Andrews,
IN your paper of the 7th instant is an Advertisement offering a reward of eight dollars for the apprehending a Mulatto by the name of John Benson, as having run-away from P. Shay, in New-York. - In pursuance of that Advertisement, a Mulatto passing by that name was yesterday taken at Salisbury, in Connecticut - and conveyed into the state of New-York. - It is suggested that there is not any such person in New-York as P. Shay - and strongly suspected that the whole is a deception upon the Publick, with a view to carry on the business of kidnapping, but too frequent among us; you will therefore, please to give this caution to the publick through the medium of your paper, that they may be cautious in giving credit to such proceedings. They ought, however, to give every assistance in detecting slaves that have really escaped from their owners, and not any one will be more forward in doing this than
Your humble servant,
A CUSTOMER.
Stockbridge, Feb. 10, 1792.
IN your paper of the 7th instant is an Advertisement offering a reward of eight dollars for the apprehending a Mulatto by the name of John Benson, as having run-away from P. Shay, in New-York. - In pursuance of that Advertisement, a Mulatto passing by that name was yesterday taken at Salisbury, in Connecticut - and conveyed into the state of New-York. - It is suggested that there is not any such person in New-York as P. Shay - and strongly suspected that the whole is a deception upon the Publick, with a view to carry on the business of kidnapping, but too frequent among us; you will therefore, please to give this caution to the publick through the medium of your paper, that they may be cautious in giving credit to such proceedings. They ought, however, to give every assistance in detecting slaves that have really escaped from their owners, and not any one will be more forward in doing this than
Your humble servant,
A CUSTOMER.
Stockbridge, Feb. 10, 1792.
Citation
A Customer, advertisement for John Benson, Western Star, February 14, 1792, accessed December 13, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5575.