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SIXTEEN DOLLARS REWARD [runaway ad for Stephen]

1793-05-22
Wescoat, Richard

1793-05-22 Sixteen dollars reward.jpg
Stephen, a 20-year-old enslaved man, ran away from his master Richard Wescoat, of Great Egg-Harbour, Gloucester County, in May of 1793. Richard Wescoat describes Stephen as a "mulatto slave" and offers a reward of $16 for Stephen's capture.