Isaac Prime - ISAC6

Title

Isaac Prime - ISAC6

Name

Isaac Prime

Unique Person Identifier

ISAC6

Ancestry Description

"colored man"

Status

Enslaved

Sex

Male

Event Type

Disappearance

Event Date

July 24, 1821

Location or Address

Sag Harbor, NY

Enslaver or Household

Samuel H. Jessup

Relationships

PRIN5 | Sibling

Notes

Per Dorothy Zaykowski, a "July 24, 1821 newspaper" published the following "runaway" advertisement: "Ran away from the subscriber on Wednesday the 14th, a colored me by the name of Isaac Prime, a slave, nearly six feet in height. Had on when he went away, a new blue broadcloth round-about and pantaloons of the same. Also on Sunday the 18th, Prince Prime (PRIN5), brother to Isaac, who was clothed in a blue jacket and trousers of the blue broadcloth and a red flannel shirt, about five feet ten inches tall. Both belonging to the estate of Samuel H. Jessup, deceased. Any person lodging either [or] both of them in the county jail, or returning them to James Post, administer, will be amply rewarded for their services."

Source Type

Secondary Source

Source/s

Zaykowski, Dorothy. Sag Harbor: The Story of an American Beauty. Sag Harbor Historical Society, 1991. Page 217.

Researcher

Meghan McGinley

Collection

Citation

“Isaac Prime - ISAC6,” Plain Sight Project, accessed October 30, 2024, https://plainsightproject.org/items/show/2133.