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Ten Dollars Reward [jailbreak notice for Rachel]

1815-03-16
Farmer, George

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Rachel, a 20-year-old black woman, escaped from the Middlesex County jail in New Brunswick on the night of January 15, 1814. George Farmer, owner of the Belle Vue estate across the river from New Brunswick (in present-day Highland Park) offers a…