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Philadelphia County Slavery Advertisements
September 19, 1797: Allan Hellons and Gifford Dally escape together.
30 Dollars Reward.
RAN away on Saturday last, two indentured Servants, Gifford Dally, a mulatto boy, about 17 years of age, a slim light built active fellow, can read and write, five feet seven or eight inches high, has a heavy countenance; had on a fustian coatee and trowsers, a high crowned hat, fine shoes &c.
Allan Hellons, a black man, about 24 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, a thick set clumsy built fellow, particularly about the breech; had on a sailor's blue jacket lined with swanskin, dark striped vest, fustian trowsers, high crowned hat, course shoes, &c.; each of them had several shirts and several other cloathes with them. Thirty Dollars will be paid for the runaways or 15 dollars for each, and reasonable charges, on delivering them at No. 54, North Third-street.
The black fellow is about a year from Lewis Town, in the County of Sussex, state of Delaware, and has taken the boy with him.
July 31.
Notes: Lewis Town refers to modern day Lewes, Delaware. Although this ad was found in a September edition of the US Gazette, it was originally placed on July 31. The two men escaped on "Saturday last," which would have been July 29, 1797. Both had been free for nearly two months by late September.
Source: United States Gazette, 19 September 1797, page 4.