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marronnage_13458

Ten Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from on board the sloop Eliza, captain HARVEY, on the evening of Friday, the 3d instant, while lying at Vanderhorst’s Wharf, my NEGRO BOY, KIT (He had been taken from t...

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Absconded, FROM the Plantation of the subscriber, at Black Swamp, on the 7th inst. without the smallest provocation, the following Negroes, viz. — BILLY, a Negro Fellow, about 25 years of age, and...

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Absconded FROM the subscribers, on Saturday the 8th of September last, SINOGALD or SENACO, about 5 feet 9 inches high ; slender made ; black complexion ; speaks bad English — had on a blue surtou...

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December 6, 1800. RAN AWAY from the subscribers, about seven weeks since, an old Carpenter Negro, of the Moco country, named BACCHUS, marked RA or RH, and cropped in the face. He was working, at t...

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Kingston, Oct. 16, 1800. RAN AWAY from Windsor Estate, St. Elizabeth’s, in the month of January last, a negro man called PRINCE, the property of Samuel Mure, Esq. Prince is a creole of the Windward...

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Content, Westmorland, Oct. 1799. RAN AWAY from this place, a Mulatto Man, commonly called HARRY, but christened SAMUEL BEDO, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, with a scar above his nose, and the mar...

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Kingston, Dec. 17, 1800. RAN AWAY, on Monday last, from the subscriber, a Negro Wench of the Mungola country, named SALLY, She is about five feet four or five inches high, stout made, and marked in...

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Spanish-Town, Dec. 17, 1800. TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD. ABSCONDED, from the subscriber, last Wednesday, a Negro Man, named CHARLES, formerly PADDY, a Mungola, about 4 feet 11 inches, of a very black c...

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Kingston, Nov. 25, 1800. ABSCONDED from Charlton Estate, St. Thomas in the Vale, on Saturday the 25th of October, a New Negro Man, named POMPEY, of the Moco country, imported in July last; about 5 ...

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December 26, 1800. TAKEN UP, in St. David’s, a NEW NEGRO MAN, of the Moco country. Had on when taken, an Osnaburgh frock; seems to be recovering from the small-pox, and of course unfit to be sent ...

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St. Elizabeth, Dec. 30, 1800. RAN AWAY, on the 6th day of October last, a New Negro Man of the Congo country, answers to the name of CHANCE, and is marked on the right shoulder and breast WML, in o...

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November 27, 1800. RAN AWAY, from Giblator Plantation, in the parish of St. John, a New Negro Man of the Congo country, named EUGENE, 5 feet 4 inches high, marked on the breast Collet, which is de...

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Spanish-Town, Jan. 1, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, between three and four weeks since, a Creole Negro Girl, named BELL; she is marked upon the right shoulder JGD, is from fourteen to fifteen...

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Morant-Bay, Dec. 20, 1800. TEN POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, who took him out of the Workhouse, at Morant-Bay, for the benefit of his master, Mr. David McGregor, of St. Mary’s, a ma...

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Kingston, June 7, 1800. ABSCONDED, some time past, a good-looking young Negro Woman, named CHLOE, well known in this town, is marked on one of her shoulders TW, was formerly the property of Thomas ...

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Airy-Castle, Liguanea, April 3, 1800. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on or about the first of November last, a Negro Man named GEORGE, by trade a mason and bricklayer; he was purchased from Mr. G. C...

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St. Jame’s Workhouse, June 12, 1800. RAN AWAY, in chains, from the above Workhouse, a Negro Man named PAGE, belonging to Belvidere Estate, Hanover, a Moco, about 6 feet high, with a bad sore on his...

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Kingston, December 1, 1800. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, a Negro Man, named JAMES, about seventeen years of age, marked on both shoulder TB in one, and IB on the other, stout made, and knock-kneed...

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Lucea Workhouse, Aug. 12, 1800. RAN AWAY, in chains, from the above workhouse, about the 20th of July last, a Creole Negro Man, named PETER, belonging to Haughton-Tower Estate, in Hanover, formerly...

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Mocho, St. George’s, Oct. 9, 1800. SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the above property, HANNAH, a Chamba Negro Woman, has her country marks on her face, and was once marked RI on her shoulder; ...

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Montego-Bay, Nov. 28, 1800. DESERTED, from the Old Maroon-Town, about the 22d April last, the following PIONEER NEGROES, attached to his Majesty’s 83d regiment of foot, stationed there; viz. DUNCA...

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Kingston, Jamaica, May 3, 1800. RAN AWAY, some time before Christmas last, a tall Negro Wench, about 5 ½ feet high, naned DIANA, of the Mundingo country, marked O M on one of her shoulders; had, wh...

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Welcome, St. Ann, Dec. 4, 1800. TAKEN up here, the latter end of last moth; THREE NEW NEGROES (two Men and one Woman) of the Congo country: they have been marked, but the letters are so imperfect t...

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Spanish-Town, Dec. 16, 1800. TEN POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS a short Chamba Negro, named NANCY, and marked with the initials SO on her right shoulder, has absconded since May last. A reward of Ten Poun...

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Lucea Workhouse, July 1, 1800. RAN AWAY from the Driver, when cutting wood in the Morass, the 10th of June last, a Mulatto Man, named JEMMY, belonging to the Point estate, Hanover; he was chained w...

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Kingston, April 2, 1800. RAN AWAY from Healthful-Hill Coffee Plantation, in the parish of St. Catherine, a Negro Man named SOMERSET; speaks but indifferent English; has no brand-mark; is a tall sli...

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St. James’s Workhouse, June 20, 1800. ESCAPED from the Driver, while at work at the Barracks, on the 15th instant, Five Negroes, chained together, named FREDERICK, a Coromantee, to Green-Vale estat...

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Kingston, Dec. 8, 1800. TEN POUNDS REWARD. FOR apprehending and lodging in any gaol or workhouse in the island, a Negro Man named BOB, of the Conga country, about twenty years of age, five feet tw...

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Airy-Castle, Nov. 28, 1800. ABSCONDED from the Subscriber’s Hot-House, on Airy- Castle Plantation, in St. Andrew’s, early on Monday morning the 24th instant, Four Fantee New Negroes, about four mon...

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Kingston, Nov. 21, 1800. RAN AWAY from New-Gloucester, in Clarendon, about two months ago, a Negro Woman, named JUDY, is likely, and well-looking; speaks English very well: Also, JOHANNA, a sambo,...

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