Slaveholders listed on this page
- Bicking, Frederick (Enslaved persons
listed: Caleb Brown)
- Brooks, Benjamin (Enslaved persons listed:
Elija Domanic)
- Hillegas, Catharina (Enslaved persons
listed: Unnamed woman)
- Jones, Morris (Enslaved persons listed:
Peter Commings)
- Reiff, Jacob Sr.
(Enslaved persons listed: Joe)
- Shippen,
Edward, Jr. (Enslaved persons listed: Will)
- Trump, Jesse (Esnlaved persons listed: Bill Bing)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Bicking,
Frederick
City or Township:
Lower Merion Township
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Caleb Brown
Sex:
Male
Slave Age: 16a
Slave Date of Birth:
1779 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description:
"Negro lad"
Slave Notes: Ran away on
15 March 1795, returned or was captured, but ran away again on 10 May 1795.
Bicking placed this ad in May (which was almost identical to the ad placed
in March):Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on Saturday, the 10th inst. from the subscriber, living in Lower
Merion township, Montgomery county, a Negro LAD, about 16 years of age, and
goes by the name of CALEB BROWN, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, has a
round face, and somewhat of a down look, a mark near one of his temples,
speaks coarse, and leans forward in his walk; had on when he went away, a
blue sailor jacket lined with white flannel, a linsey under jacket, striped
brown linsey trowsers, Russia sheeting shirt, two pair of stockings,
one pair blue, the other brown, calfskin shoes, and an old wool hat. Whoever
secures said Negro in any gaol, so that his master gets him again, shall
have the above reward, and reasonable charges, paid by FREDERICK BICKING.
May 13, 1795.
N.B. All masters of vessels, and others, are forbid to harbour or carry him
off at their peril.
Date of Record:
20 May 1795
Sources: Pennsylvania Gazette, 18 March 1795; 20 May 1795
- Slaveholder Name: Brooks, Benjamin
City or Township:
Gulph Mills
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Elija Domanic
Sex:
Male
Slave Age: Not stated
Slave Date of Birth:
Not stated
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description: "Black
boy"
Slave Notes: Ran away on 20 July 1801
Date of Record:
25 July 1801
Source: Lancaster Journal
- Slaveholder Name: Hillegas,
Catharina
City or Township:
Upper Hanover Township
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Widow of Adam Hillegas
Notes:
- Slave Name: Name not given in ad
Sex:
Female
Slave Age: 22a
Slave Date of Birth:
1770 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description:
"Negro Wench"
Slave Notes: Ran away on
14 September 1792. Widow Hillegas notes "'tis supposed she was taken
away by a free Negroe man."RUN AWAY from Catharina Hillegas,
widow of Adam Hillegas, late of Upper Hanover township, in the county of
Montgomery, yeoman, deceased, on the night of Friday the 14th instant, a
NEGRO WENCH, about 22 years old, had on when she went away, two half linen
petticoats, two cotton short gowns, besides a half linen one, a pair of new
shoes, and a man's white wool hat; has lost one of her eyes; 'tis supposed
she was taken away by a free Negroe man. Whoever takes up and secures said
wench, so that the owner may get her again, shall have EIGHT SPANISH DOLLARS
reward, and reasonable charges if brought home, paid by
CATHARINA HILLEGAS, Upper Hanover, September 17, 1792.
Date of Record:
19 September 1792
Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 19 September 1792
- Slaveholder Name: Jones, Morris
City or Township:
Providence
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes: I have not determined if Peter Commings is a term slave
or a true indentured servant.
- Slave Name: Peter Commings
Sex:
Male
Slave Age: 17a
Slave Date of Birth:
1781 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description:
"Negro lad"
Slave Notes: Ran away on
4 April 1798Twenty Five Cents Reward.
RAN away on the 4th instant from the subscriber, living in Providence township, Montgomery county, an indented negro lad, a cordwainer by trade, named PETER COMMINGS, about seventeen years of age, five feet six or seven inches high; took with him all his clothes, so that it is impossible to describe the dress he may have on when taken. Whoever will apprehend said lad, and bring him home to me, shall receive the above reward, but no charges paid.
MORRIS JONES.
April 17, 1798. Date of Record:
18 April 1798
Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 18 April 1798
- Slaveholder Name: Reiff, Jacob, Sr.
City or Township:
Lower Salford Township
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Joe
Sex:
Male
Slave Age: 23
Slave Date of Birth:
May 1771 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description:
"Negro Man"
Slave Notes: Ran away on
Christmas Day, 1794:
Four Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on Thursday the 25th of December, living in Lower Salford township, Montgomery county, a Negro MAN, named JOE, about 5 feet 5 inches high, was 23 years of age last May, walks lame, has a piece of his little finger cut off; had on and took with him, a new mixture linsey coat, and under jacket of the same, a striped jacket of line, blue and white stripes, two pair of trowsers, a pair of yellow linsey, and a pair of striped cassimer, two pair of stockings, one pair of pale blue yarn, ribbed, the other black woolen yarn, a new pair of shoes, a new high crowned hat bound with black tape. Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures him in any jail, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges if brought home, paid by JACOB REIFF, Senior,
January 8, 1795.
Date of Record:
14 January 1795
Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 January 1795
- Slaveholder Name: Shippen, Edward,
Jr.
City or Township: Upper Merion Township
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Will
Sex: Male
Slave Age: 28a
Slave Date of Birth: 1763 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description: "Negro man"
Slave Notes: Ran away on 10 July 1791. Shippen placed
the following ad:
Eight Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber,
living in Upper Merion township, county of Montgomery,
on the 10th instant, a Negro man, named WILL; he is a
smart, active, well-made fellow, about 28 years of age,
5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has very red eyes, large lips
and bad teeth, generally wears a false curl on the hinder
part of his head; had on, or took with him, a round felt
hat almost new, half-worn coatee, of a pearl coloured
home-made coating, a scarlet flowered everlasting waistcoat
with nankeen backs, white thread stockings, old shoes
with brass buckles, two good shirts of flax and tow linen,
and one pair of tow trowsers. Whoever apprehends the
said fellow, and secures him, so that his master shall
get him again, shall have the above reward. EDWARD SHIPPEN,
jun.
Date of Record: 27 July 1791
Source: Pennsylvania Gazette, 27 July 1791
- Slaveholder Name: Trump, Jesse
City or Township: Whitemarsh Township
County: Montgomery
Occupation:
Notes:
- Slave Name: Bill Bing
Sex: Male
Slave Age: 13a
Slave Date of Birth: 1784 (calculated)
Slave Status: Runaway slave
Slave Description: "Negro boy"
Slave Notes: Ran away in March 1797. Trump placed the
following ad:
Two Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber, living in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County and state of Pennsylvania, a Negro boy named Bill Bing, about thirteen years old, stout chunky fellow for the age
a large mouth, and middling flat nose; he has had his right arm broken when he was young near the elbow, and never set right which causes it to be crooked. Had on when he went away, a drab cloth
sailor jacket lined with strip'd linsey, almost new, an old under jacket of a lighter colour, patched with white linsey down, the foreparts light coloured clothe trowsers patched on the knees, an
old hat somewhat mealy, a pair of old ribbed woolen stockings, with neat leather shoes tied with strings, and nails in the soals.
Whoever takes him up and secures him in any gaol, so that the owner may get him again, shall have the above reward paid by
Jesse Trump,
March 27.
Date of Record: 27 March 1797
Source: Pennsylvania Gazette and United States Daily Advertiser, 8
April 1797.
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