Kent County, Pennsylvania Miscellaneous Enslavement Data
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Enslavement Data
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Date: 16 August 1760
Names of Enslaved Persons: Cate and her children Sue and Tony, and an unnamed "young child."
Other Details: A white man named Robert Caten, accused of selling a free mulatto woman as a slave, skipped bail in Kent County and took with him a woman and her three children that had been earlier seized by the county sheriff from him to satisfy a judement bond.
Text: Advertisement in The Pennsylvania Gazette [some line breaks added for clarity]:
TWENTY POUNDS Reward.
RUN away on Tuesday, the 12th Day of this instant August, from the County of Kent, upon Delaware, a certain Robert Caten, born in the said County; he is a short well built Fellow, his upper Teeth before ride over each other; he had on, when he went away, a blue Coat, a cock'd Hat, and ties his Hair behind; he took with him four Negroes, three of which he stole, they being taken in Execution by me the Subscriber; these three are, a Wench about 40 Years of Age, named Cate; a Girl about nine or ten Years old, named Sue; and a Boy about two and a Half Years old, named Tony; the other was a young Child, in the Wench's Arms.
He is supposed to have gone to the Back Woods, somewhere near Potomack, he being acquainted there, and has a Brother living there, named Thomas Caten; he rode a roan Mare. Any Person, who may have the Opportunity of apprehending him, and the said Negroes, are desired to take very good Care of them, as he will perhaps make fair Promises, and thereby deceive them.
I would likewise inform the Public, that the Debt for which the Execution arose was, That the said Robert Caten took, some time ago, a free born Mulattoe Woman, and sold her for a Slave; which villainous Affair he was obliged to compound, by giving a Judgment Bond, upon which the above mentioned Execution issued; therefore People may judge what sort of a Person he is.
The above Reward shall be paid on the Delivery of the aforesaid three Negroes, Cate, Sue and Tony, at Dover, in the County aforesaid, or in Proportion for any of them, and reasonable Charges, by
August 16, 1760.
THOMAS PARKE, Sheriff.
N.B. All persons are forbid buying them.
Notes: No further information on this incident has been found at this time.
Source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, 28 August 1760.
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