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marronnage_20449

Trelawny Workhouse, April 27, 1801. PISTOLE REWARD. ESCAPED last night, out of the above workhouse, a new Negro Man, of the Congo country, black complexion, 5 feet 4 inches, namee and owner unknow...

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marronnage_2045

Un Negre nouveau, nation Congo, étampé sur le sein gauche J.B. LAPORTE. âgé d'environ 30 ans, taille de 5 pieds, ayant une verrue sur le nez. Ceux qui le reconnoîtront sont priés de le faire arrêter,...

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Hermitage Plantation, St. Andrew’s, May 1, 1801. ABSCONDED from the above plantation, about the 14th April last, a Negro Man, named CAESAR, a Coromantee; he is marked on different parts of his bod...

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marronnage_20451

Kingston, April 29, 1801. WHEREAS a Creole Negro Man, with a wooden leg, named CHRISTMAS, alias JACK HATCHWAY, belonging to the subscriber, absconded some months ago from Westphalia Plantation, in...

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marronnage_20452

Kingston, February 23, 1801. RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, yesterday evening, a Negro Man named MARS, of the Nago country, about 30 years of age, marked on the right shoulder FRESS. Twelve Dollars...

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marronnage_20453

Olive-Park estate, Vere, May 9, 1801. RAN AWAY from the above property, the night of the 4th instant, a New Negro Man, of the Congo country, marked on the right shoulder IC: about five feet four i...

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Kingston, March 15, 1801. ABSCONDED this morning, a negro man, of the Mundingo country, named HOPE, or POPE, but goes by the name of JOHNSON, forty years of age, a carpenter by trade, 5 feet 8 inc...

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marronnage_20455

Kingston, May 12, 1801. ABSCONDED from the subscriber’s Brick-Kilns, a Negro Man, named AUNGIS; he was the property of a Mr. King, who lived at Norbrook estate, Liguanea, and was seen there lately;...

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marronnage_20456

Kingston, May 15, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about six weeks ago, a young Negro Man, named PETER, of a yellow complexion, about five feet in height, well known in the different parishes t...

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marronnage_20457

St. George’s, April, 1801. RANAWAY, in June 1799, from the subscriber, a Creole Negro Man, named FRIDAY, of a yellowish complexion, now about 30 years of age, and about 5 feet 8 inches high; he is ...

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marronnage_20458

Kingston, May 9, 1801. FIVE POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY, on the 17th instant, a Negro Man, of the Congo country, named JACK, speaks good English, about five feet eight inches, has no country marks wha...

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marronnage_20459

St. Mary, May 22, 1801. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, on the 10th instant, a Negro Man, named BEN; he answers to his name, though he has not been long in the island; no brand mark, 5 feet 8 or 9 i...

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marronnage_2046

Un Mulâtre, nommé Jean-Charles, ayant ci-devant appartenu à M. Commeau l'aîné, aux Vases, sans étampe, âgé de 15 à 16 ans, ayant la main gauche coupée & l'autre estropiée, est parti maron depuis deux ...

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Kingston, Jan. 10, 1801. RAN AWAY, on the 25th of December last, a young Negro Girl, named MARY, about twelve or thirteen years old, marked on her right breast DEDUNE. Any information repecting [s...

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Good-Hope, Port-Royal, May 29, 1801. ABSCONDED from the above Plantation, about four months ago, a New Negro Man of the Portuguese Congo country, answered to the name of CUFFIE, marked HT on his ri...

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marronnage_20462

Spring Estate, Trelawny, May 28, 1801. RAN AWAY, about two years ago, OLIVER, a Congo boy, sixteen or seventeen years of age, of a slim make, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, has a gash on one of his che...

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marronnage_20463

St. Andrew’s Workhouse, June 4, 1801. FORTY Shillings reward will be given for apprehending a short thick Negro Man, named SUNDAY, belonging to Bloxburghestate, who escaped out of this workhouse so...

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marronnage_20464

Kingston, June 5, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about four weeks since, a Mungola boy, named ED; he is about 3 feet 10 inches high, speaks English but indifferently, and is of a remarkable bl...

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May 26, 1801. RAN AWAY, a Negro Man Slave, belonging to the estate of James Usher, dec. named ROBERTSON, a native of America, about thirty years of age, and about five feet seven inches high: mark...

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marronnage_20466

Hearts-Lase, St. Elizabeth, June 6, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 3d instant, a Creole Negro Woman, named FIDELIA, alias FANNY JONES, of a very black complexion, likely face, about th...

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Montego-Bay, May [inc], 1801. One Hundred Pounds Reward. DESERTED, from Old Maroon-Town, about 12 months ago, the following Pioneer Negroes, attached to his Majesty’s 83d regiment of foot, station...

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June 18, 1801. FIVE POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY on Saturday the 13th inst. a New Negro Man, of the Eboe country, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout and well made, and of a yellow complexion, and answers...

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St. Andrew’s Workhouse, June 18, 1801. FORTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given for apprehending ADAM, to Mons. Deloy, a Papaw Nago, marked LM, 5 feet 8 inches high, who made his escape out of this wor...

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marronnage_2047

Une Négresse, nommé Merancienne, Créole de la Martinique, sans étampe, âgée de 30 ans à 35 ans, couturiere & blanchisseuse, ayant la peau fort rouge, le visage plat, & marqué de petite-vérole, est mar...

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Charlottenburgh, St. Andrew’s, June 15, 1801. RAN AWAY on the 7th day of March last, three New Negro Eboe Men, yellow-skinned, marked each on the left shoulder SK, named GEORGE, BOB, and CAESAR, n...

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Friendship, St. George, June 8, 1801. RAN AWAY, the 1st of February last, a stout Negro Man, named POLLUX, a Malabar, marked upon his right shoulder E [a l’envers et tourne vers la gauche et decale...

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marronnage_20472

Kingston, June 15, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, ANTHONY, QUAMIN, and CATCHBY; they are all Creoles: Anthony is a tailor by trade, his right hand is crooked; Quamin’s right hand is much withe...

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Port-Royal, June 18, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about five months since, a Negro Man Slave, named SHARPER, by trade a butcher, and well known about the beef-market in Kingston, having been...

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Buff-Bay River, St. George’s, June 16, 1801. TAKEN up, in the woods of this property, a New Negro Man, of the Angola country, has no mark, and can give no account of his owner, says he has been in...

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June 26, 1801. RAN AWAY, the 17th instant, a Negro Girl, about twelve years old, of the Barba Country, marked on the shoulder P L F, the PL in one; she speaks English tolerably well. A Guinea rewar...

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