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Ten Dollars Reward [runaway ad for unnamed man]

1798-05-24
Trimmer, John

1798-05-24 Ten Dollars Reward (Genius of Liberty).jpg
Slaveholder John Trimmer issues a notice that an enslaved man ran away from him on April 22, 1798, in Dutch Valley (present-day Long Valley area, Morris County). Trimmer describes the fugitive as a "mulatto man" but does not mention his name. Trimmer…