Nero
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
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Reward
Transcription
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
RUNAWAY from me the subscriber, the 26th of April last, a negro man, named NERO, about twenty years of age, a stout well built fellow. He had on a check'd linen shirt, green baize trowsers, green baize waistcoat, and sundry other cloathing. He stole and carried away with him sundry articles. I do hereby forbid all persons from harboring, concealing, or carrying away said negro, at the peril of the law. The above reward and all lawful charges paid by me,
ESTHER GEER
Groton, May 6, 1793.
RUNAWAY from me the subscriber, the 26th of April last, a negro man, named NERO, about twenty years of age, a stout well built fellow. He had on a check'd linen shirt, green baize trowsers, green baize waistcoat, and sundry other cloathing. He stole and carried away with him sundry articles. I do hereby forbid all persons from harboring, concealing, or carrying away said negro, at the peril of the law. The above reward and all lawful charges paid by me,
ESTHER GEER
Groton, May 6, 1793.
Citation
Esther Geer, advertisement for Nero, Connecticut Gazette, May 9, 1793, accessed December 14, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5617.