unknown, Wat
Item
- Title
- unknown, Wat
- Gender
- Male
- Biography
- Wat, a 20--yr-old freedom seeker, escaped Madison County slaveholder Samuel Gilbert some time in mid-March, 1797. Wat was described as abut 5'7" tall, smart and active, with "long nappy hair," wearing buckskin breeches and hemp linen. A twenty dollar reward was offered for his return.
- Birth date
- circa 1757
- Participant in
- 1797 - Madison Co., What Happened to Wat?
- Relationship
- Slaveholder(s): Gilbert, Samuel
- Bibliographic citation(s)
- Kentucky, Gazette, Lexington, Ky, Aug 26, 1797
- Source(s)
- Kentucky Gazette
- Item sets
- AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Madison County
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