Clauses, there is one that inflicts inhumane penalties on Negroes &c not fit to be Confirmed by Your Majesty, & therefore we humbly offer that the said Act be repealed.
Which is most Humbly Submitted
Dartmouth
Ph: Meadows
J Pulteney
| Whitehall Octbr 18th 1709 |
William A. Whitehead, editor, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey (Newark, 1881), III, 473-474.
105. All Sorts of Runaways (1741-1750)
BY THEIR OWNERS AND MASTERS
These extracts from contemporary newspapers show the frequency of escapes of indentured white servants and slaves, and throw some light on the brutality of the whole system. — Bibliography: Marion G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, ch. i; Channing and Hart, Guide, § 148.
RUN away from Marten Ryerson, of Readingtown, in the County of Hunterdon a Young Servant Man named William Hains small Stature Ruddy Complexion, big Nose, big Blew Eyes, Pock-Broken, had no Hair, Branded on the Brawn of his Thumb, of the Left Hand, had on when he Run away a white Shirt, and a Saylors Frock, a pair of Trousers, but has since got a Greek Vestment; its probable that he has chang'd his Name, for he has already pass'd by the Name of Thomson and Robinson. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and Secures him so that his said Master may have him again shall have Five Pounds Reward besides all Reasonable Charges paid by
Marten Ryerson.
WHereas a large Brass Wash Kettle, and a Parrot Cage were sometime ago lost out of a Brunswick Boat, or carried to a wrong Place by Mistake, whoever can give an Account thereof to the Printer of this Paper, so that the Owner may have them again, shall have Five Shillings Reward with Thanks. — The New York Weekly Journal, June 15. 1741. . . .
