turnpiker

The way I managed to get along here without creating suspicion, was to represent that I was a "turnpiker," and going to a job north of that vicinity.

Narrative and Writings of Andrew Jackson, of Kentucky; Containing an Account of His Birth, and Twenty-Six Years of His Life While a Slave; His Escape; Five Years of Freedom, Together with Anecdotes Relating to Slavery; Journal of One Year's Travels; Sketches, etc. Narrated by Himself; Written by a Friend. 1847