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Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century
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Whereas a Negroe Boy, about fifteen Years of Age, is run or stray’d from his Master; whoever brings him to the Hand-Inn in Barnaby-street in Southwark, or to the Black Lyon in Greenwich, shall have a Guinea Reward.
N.B. He has on a dirty red Waistcoat, a speckled Shirt, a Pair of Old Leather Breeches, and was bare-headed when he went away; when he stands or walks his Knees meet together, he was seen in Greenwich Park the 19th, and going into Gravesend the 20th of this Instant June.
| ID: | r0157 |
| Newspaper title: | Daily Post |
| Newspaper region: | South East England |
| Country: | England |
| Newspaper date: | 22 June 1727 |
| Runaway date: | |
| Page number: | 1 |
| Institution: | British Library: Burney Collection (Online) |
| Given name: | - |
| Given surname: | - |
| Also known as: | - |
| Racial descriptor: | Negro |
| Origin: | - |
| Age: | 15 |
| Gender: | male |
| Height: | - |
| Physical characteristics: | when he stands or walks his Knees meet together |
| Disease: | - |
| Injuries: | - |
| Physical scars: | - |
| Country marks: | - |
| Plantation marks: | - |
| Personality: | - |
| Language: | - |
| Stutters: | |
| Literacy: | - |
| Religion: | - |
| Motivation: | - |
| Skills: | - |
| Specified occupation: | - |
| Clothing: | a dirty red Waistcoat, a speckled Shirt, a Pair of Old Leather Breeches, and was bare-headed |
| Accused of crime: | no |
| Warning notice: | no |
| Ran from ship: | |
| Ran from region: | - |
| Ran from specified: | - |
| Destination (region): | South East England |
| Destination (specified): | Greenwich Park the 19th, and going into Gravesend the 20th |
| Companions: | - |
| Owner: | - |
| Owner occupation: | - |
| Owner address: | - |
| Name of contact: | - |
| Contact occupation: | - |
| Contact address: | the Hand-Inn in Barnaby-street in Southwark; to the Black Lyon in Greenwich |
| Value pounds: | |
| Value shillings: | |
| Value pence: | |
| Total value: | - |
| Reward pounds: | 1 |
| Reward shillings: | 1 |
| Reward pence: | |
| Other reward: | - |
| Total reward: | a Guinea Reward |
| Ad repeated in other newspapers: | |
| Ad repeated: | - |
| Amended advert: | |
| Notes: | - |
