unknown, Phil [4]

Title: unknown, Phil [4]
Gender: Male
Biography: Freedom seeker Phil escaped from Mercer County enslaver John Meaux in November, 1790. Phil was described as 25-yrs-old, 5'6" tall. Meaux offered a reward of five pounds for the safe return of Phil or ten pounds for his head "severed from his body." The reward was to be paid in cattle at cash price.
Birth information: circa 1765
Participant in: 1790 - Mercer Co., A price on his head
Relationship: Enslaver: Meaux, John
Bibliographic citation(s): Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., Jan . 22, 1791
Source(s): Newspapers.com