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marronnage_13339

Ten Dollars Reward. AN AFRICAN BOY between 17 and 18 years of age, and about 5 feet 5 inches high ; stout made, and prominent features ; answers to the name BOATSWAIN or ROMEO. Had on a new blue J...

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marronnage_13340

Went away or Stolen FROM a house in Wentworth-street, two new NEGRO BOYS: one was missed on Saturday and the other yesterday morning. They had on red shirts and one of them blue pantaloons ; one h...

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marronnage_13341

Fifteen Dollars WILL be paid to any person who will apprehend and deliver to the Warden of the Work-House or to Mr. Charles KERSHAW, No. 25, East-Bay, ROBIN, a Negro Bricklayer, who formerly belon...

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marronnage_13342

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS THE following negroes : Jeffrey, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 4 ¾ inches high, the fore finger of his right hand partly perished, occasioned by a wound ; ...

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marronnage_13343

Committed to the Work-House, AN African Wench, about twenty-two years old, five feet two and a half inches high, her country marks on her temples, has on a brown cloth wrapper with a blanket ; she ...

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marronnage_13344

Ran-Away FROM the Subscriber, my Mulatto WENCH, Hannah. Whoever will lodge her in the work house will receive One Dollar reward and if harboured by a white person, which I am confident she is, upo...

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marronnage_13345

Fifteen Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, some time ago, a carpenter Fellow, named JONATHAN ; well known about the Islands near Charleston. It is expected that he is harboured by some of...

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marronnage_13346

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS : JOHN—says he belongs to Mr. William Pierce, living on Brier Creek, in the state of Georgia : He is about 60 years of age, 5 feet 4 ½ inches high ; a piec...

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marronnage_13347

Five Dollars Reward, WILL be given for apprehending and securing the subscriber’s NEGRO MAN, named ISAAC, by trade a carpenter ; he is a very black complexion, about 5 feet 8 inches high, had on w...

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marronnage_13348

Ran Away FROM the Subscriber, on the — [pas de date dans le texte] instant, a NEGRO FELLOW, named Tom ; had on when he went away a blue coatee, drab coloured pantaloons, a new felt hat and a new p...

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marronnage_13349

Runaway, MY NEGRO FELLOW CRESPIN, sometimes called Prince, middle sized, about 26 years of age. He has lately been seen several times about the Market and Wood Wharves and may probably be looking ...

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marronnage_13350

Committed to the Work-House. AS RUNAWAYS : THREE country-born negro fellows, viz. Morris ; says he belongs to Mrs Williams, of Pon Pon [inc] ; he is five feet 4 ¼ inches high, yellow complexion, t...

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marronnage_13351

Ran-Away FROM Springfield, the 25th inst. a Mulatto WENCH, named JUDY, about 45 years of age, and about 5 feet 7 inches high, very fair skin, freckled and red nose ; had on when she went away, a b...

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marronnage_13352

Ten Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY from Georgetown, last November, a Negro GIRL, named MARIA, formerly the property of Mr. Thos. Frink, about 18 or 19 years of age, and about 5 feet high ; she is a like...

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marronnage_13353

Ten Dollars Reward, WILL be paid for apprehending the subscriber’s Negro man JESS. He is about 6 feet high, well made, upright in his walk and a little pitted with the small pox ; is well known amo...

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marronnage_13354

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS : CORNELIUS, a country born fellow, says he belongs to Mr John Harpe, of Newbury county ; he is 5 feet 2 inches high, 18 or 19 years old, has a scar on the...

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marronnage_13355

Ran-Away IN the night, between the 13th and 14th instant, from the ship Governour Claiborne lying at Gadsden’s wharf, a NEGRO BOY, about 12 years of age, 4 feet 3 inches high, will answer to the n...

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marronnage_13356

Strayed or Runaway, ON the 10th inst. from the subscriber’s plantation, on Beggin Creek, St. John’s Parish, Berkley, THREE NEW NEGRO FELLOWS, named SAMBO, MORRIS, and SADIE. They were clothed with...

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marronnage_13357

Five Dollars Reward WILL be paid for apprehending and lodging in the work-house, a Negro MAN called MENTOR, who left the publick work at Fort Johnson, on Monday, the 11th instant. It is unnecessary...

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marronnage_13358

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS : TWO Africans ; neither of them can tell the names of their owners. One of them says his name is Congo ; he is 5 feet 3 ¼ inches high, about 19 or 20 year...

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marronnage_13359

Absented Himself, FROM on board the sloop Amelia, lying at the Market Wharf, on Sunday evening last, a small NEGRO BOY, about 11 years of age, named JIM, had on an osnaburg shirt and trowsers, and ...

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marronnage_13360

Ten Dollars reward. ABSCONDED last evening, the Subscriber’s Negro boy HAMLET — He is of the Congo Nation, about 14 years old, and four feet nine inches in height, slender made. Had on a dark clot...

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marronnage_13361

Fifteen Dollars reward. RAN AWAY some time since a Negro Man named CHARLES. He is a fellow upwards of 40 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high, not of a clear black, but rather of a brownish cast ...

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marronnage_13362

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS. ROBERT JAMES, taken by the City Guard ; says he is free, but has no vouchers to prove it, he is by occupation a sailor, born in Shipping-street, Philadelp...

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marronnage_13363

Ran-Away, ON the 22d of last month, from my plantation, a Mustee Fellow by the name of DAVID. He is of a thin visage, with high cheek bones, and is a little pock marked ; his feet are remarkable f...

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marronnage_13364

35 Dollars Reward. ABSENTED himself since the 17th March last, a carpenter Fellow named BOB, about 6 feet high, 23 years of age, a smart likely fellow, of yellow complexion, with bushey hair ; and ...

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marronnage_13365

Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY, a negro fellow named TONEY, formerly belonged to J. M. Ehrick ; Esq. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high, stout made, has lost several of his teeth in front, has a pla...

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marronnage_13366

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS, GEORGE and WILL, the property of Mr. McLeiland of Georgia, near Savannah. George is 5 feet 4 ½ inches high, 35 years old, has a scar under his left eye, a...

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marronnage_13367

Twenty Dollars Reward. ABSENTED themselves from the Congaree on the 7th instant, two NEW NEGRO FELLOWS, named ELAW and CONGO ; neither of whom speak any English. They had on new osnaburg trowsers,...

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marronnage_13368

Twenty Dollars Reward. RANAWAY, a Negro Fellow, named JACK. He is about 20 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, and well made ; his front teeth a little filed ; has a plausible tongue, and may attem...

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