Slaveholders Listed on this Page
- Colegate, Richard (Enslaved persons: James Wenyam)
- Stevens, Henry (Enslaved persons: Joe)
- Wild, Thomas (Enslaved persons: Willis Brown)
Enslavement Data
- Slaveholder Name: Colegate, Richard
Town or Hundred:
County: Kent County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: James Wenyam
Age: "about 37 Years of Age"
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: circa 1709
Description: "Molatto Man"
Status: Slave for life; self emancipated July 1746
Notes: Wenyam escaped from Colegate on July 2, 1746. Colegate placed the following escape notice in Pennsylvania newspapers:
Philadelphia, July 31, 1746.
RUN away the 2d of July from Richard Colegate, of Kent County on Delaware, a Molatto Man, named James Wenyam, of middle Stature, about 37 Years of Age, has a red Beard, a Scar on one Knee: Had on when he went away, a Kersey Jacket, a Pair of plain Breeches, a Tow Shirt, and a Felt Hat. He swore when he went away to a Negro Man, whom he wanted to go with him, that he had often been in the back Woods with his Master, and that he would go to the French and Indians, and fight for them.
Whoever secures the said Molatto Man, and give Notice thereof to his Master, or to Abraham Gooding, Esq; or to the High Sheriff of Newcastle County, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
RICHARD COLEGATE.
Date of Record 31 July 1746
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 07 August 1746.
- Slaveholder Name: Stevens, Henry
Town or Hundred:
County: Kent County
Occupation:
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Joe
Age: Age not specified in escape notice, but described as a "fellow." Probably either an older teen or adult man.
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: Not known
Description: "Mulattoe slave," "Indian made fellow"
Status: Slave for life; self emancipated April 1770
Notes: Joe escaped from Stevens on April 22, 1770. Stevens placed the following escape notice in Pennsylvania newspapers:
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
RUN away on the 22d of April last, from the subscriber, living in Kent county, on Delaware, a Mulattoe slave, named JOE, a slim Indian made fellow, has had 5 fingers on each hand, which is visible to be seen; had on, and took with him, a jacket and breeches of mixed Negroe cloth, a snuff coloured broadcloth coat, a blue and yellow damask jacket, tow trowsers, good shoes, and stockings. Wheover takes up said slave, and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall have the above reward, paid by HENRY STEVENS.
Date of Record 20 December 1770
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 20 December 1770.
- Slaveholder Name: Wild, Thomas
Town or Hundred: Dover
County: Kent County
Occupation: Jailer
Notes:
- Enslaved Person's Name: Willis Brown
Age: Age not specified in escape notice, but probably an adult man
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: Not known
Description: "Mulatto"
Status: Not determined; escaped from Dover jail
Notes: William Brown escaped from the Dover jail on January 2, 1776. Jailer Wild placed the following escape notice in Pennsylvania newspapers:
TWENTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
BROKE out of Dover gaol, in Kent County on Delaware, the 2d of January last, a certain WILLIS BROWN, (Mulatto) who passes under the character of a parson and doctor, very talkative, he is about five feet seven or eight inches high; had on when he went away, a brown great coat, a light coloured jacket with sleeves, an old pair of blue trowsers, an old pair of shoes and a hat.
Whoever takes up the said Willis Brown and secures him in any of his Majesty's gaols, so that the subscriber may get him again, shall have the above reward, paid by
THOMAS WILD, Gaoler.
Date of Record 26 February 1776
Source: Pennsylvania Packet, 26 February 1776.
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