1814-01-29, Isaac, Resistance (Freedom seeking)
- Title
- 1814-01-29, Isaac, Resistance (Freedom seeking)
- Description
- Isaac ran away from Georgetown College on January 29, 1814. The event is mentioned briefly in John McElroy's diary. It is also documented in a runaway advertisement that was published in the Daily National Intelligencer on February 1, 1814 by John McElroy. The ad includes descriptions of Isaac's age, appearance, height, and clothing.
- Transcript of Daily National Intelligencer ad: "Thirty Dollars Reward. Ranaway from Georgetown College, on Saturday night the 29th inst a Negro Man named ISAAC, about 23 years old quite black complexion, about 5 feet 8 inches high; had on when he went away a short coat of drab cloth, pantaloons of the same kind, fur hat & great coat made of thick drab coating and bound with ferreting - he carried with him a pair of blue cloth trowsers, [t]wo Russia linen shirts, an old hat and other articles of clothing not recollected, it is probable he may change his clothing - he has learned to read tolerably well, and it is likely he may have procured a written pass. It is supposed that he is gone to Pennsylvania; he was raised at Mrs Johnson's near Bryantown, Charles County. The above reward will be paid if secured in any Jail more than 50 miles from the District, and reasonable expenses paid if brought home, or twenty dollars if a shorter distance, by the subscriber Clerk of Georgetown College, District of Columbia. John McElroy."
- Event Type
- Resistance: Freedom seeking
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- January 29, 1814
- Location
- Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
- Outcome
- Isaac was captured the following day in Baltimore and jailed.
- 1814-01-30, Isaac, Violence (Jailing)
- Source
- Daily National Intelligencer, February 1, 1814, Maryland State Archives.
- Georgetown University Library, “Isaac runs away, 1814,” Georgetown Slavery Archive
- Primary Participant
- Isaac
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Georgetown College
- Age
- 23
- Author
- John McElroy