Gif
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RANAWAY from the subscriber, this morning, a negro man, named GIF...about 21 years of age, a stout, thick-set fellow, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, had on and took with him, a dark brown coat, jacket and overalls, blue shaloon coat, a pair of Russia duck overalls, a slopt hat, striped red and blue worsted cap, and a small...blanket. Whoever will take up, and return said negro, to the subscriber, shall have TWENTY DOLLARS reward.
JOHN ROGERS.
New-Haven, Dec. 13, 1785.
JOHN ROGERS.
New-Haven, Dec. 13, 1785.
Citation
John Rogers, advertisement for Gif, Connecticut Journal, December 21, 1785, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5629.