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marronnage_2053

Un Negre Congo, nommé l'Espérance, étampé sur les deux seins LE DUC, taille 5 pieds 2 pouces âgé de 20 à 22 ans, est maron depuis le 9 de ce mois. Ceux qui le reconnoîtront sont priés de le faire arrê...

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marronnage_20530

October 2, 1801. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY, on the 3d August, from Ivy Estate, St. Thomas in the Vale, a Creole Negro Blacksmith, named OXFORD, 5 feet 10 inches high, very stout, very black co...

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marronnage_20531

October 2, 1801. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY, about 2 years ago, HARRY, short, thick, and well made, with a full round face, bushy head: He formerly belonged to Porus Estate, where it is suspec...

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marronnage_20532

October 2, 1801. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY, between 2 and 3 years ago, a Negro Man, named STEPHEN, a Mungola, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, stout and well made, very black complexion, filed...

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marronnage_20533

Hazelymph, St. James’s, Oct. 6, 1801. RAN AWAY from this Estate, NAT, a Moco, about 5 feet 9 inches high, marked on the shoulder LAW; by trade a Blacksmith. A Doubloon reward will be given to any p...

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marronnage_20534

St. Ann’s Bay, July 27, 1801. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, about three weeks since, a remarkable stout Negro Man, of the Congo or Canga country, named BOB, very black complexion, speaks but indiff...

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marronnage_20535

Friendship-Hall, Portland, Oct. 12, 1801. RAN AWAY from the above place, on the 29th of last month, Four New Negroes, of the Portuguese Congo country, marked on the right shoulder H5 [inc]. They ca...

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marronnage_20536

October 15, 1801. RAN AWAY, in the early part of August last, a Negro Man, named TELEMAQUE, marked PGJ, of the Congo country, belonging to the estate of Mr. Grapin, in the parish of St. George. Who...

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marronnage_20537

October 15, 1801. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, the 9th instant, a Negro Boy, of the Congo country, about 5 feet 6 inches, marked on the breast B. LACOURGUE. Whoever will apprehend the said slave,...

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marronnage_20538

Spanish-Town, Oct. 15, 1801. ABSCONDED, from the Subscriber’s Mountain Plantation, a few miles from this town, A Negro Man, named Smithfield. He is a very stout fellow, of about 5 feet 9 inches in...

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marronnage_20539

Clifton-Pen, Oct., 30, 1801. [sic] RAN AWAY, about three weeks ago, Three Negroes, the property of John Morton, dec. late of the parish of St. Catherine, viz. EDINBURGH, CARPENTER, and GALL; Carpen...

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marronnage_2054

Un Negre nommé Gilot, sans étampe, âgé de 26 à 30 ans, taille de 5 pieds 2 pouces, est maron depuis environ quinze jours. Ceux qui le reconnoîtront sont priés de le faire arrêter, & d'en donner avis a...

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marronnage_20540

Sept. 30, 1801. THE Subscriber intending to quit the island in the course of a few months, requests those to whom he is indebeted to render their accounts for payment. […] WILLIAM RENWICK, Orange-...

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marronnage_20541

October 23, 1801. RAN AWAY, upon the 10th July last, from Spring Garden Estate, St. Thomas in the East, JESSY BARNET, a Creole, yellowish skinned, lost one of her fore teeth, about 5 feet 2 ½ inch...

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Kingston, Oct. 18, 1801. EIGHTY DOLLARS REWARD EACH. RAN AWAY, from the Schooner Success, Two Negro Men Slaves, American born, natives of Virginia; viz. CAESAR, about 30 years of age, stout and we...

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marronnage_20543

Lime-Savanna, Clarendon, Oct. 23, 1801. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 2d instant, Four Mason Negroes; viz. JAMES, supposed to be of the Socco country, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, marked on o...

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marronnage_20544

Mount Dakins, St. Andrew’s, Oct. 22, 1801. ABSCONDED from the above Plantation, the following Negroes; viz. CHOLE, a Creole, about 40 years of age, marked on both shoulders IS; she absented herself...

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marronnage_20545

October 24, 1801. RAN AWAY, some weeks ago, from the subscriber’s house, in Milk-Street, a French Creole Negro Girl, about thirteen years old, and four feet high. Any person who will take her and l...

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marronnage_20546

St. Elizabeth, Oct. 28, 1801. RAN AWAY, on the 12th of last month, a Coromantee Negro Man-Boy, named NED, about 5 feet high, lately the property of C. J. Clark, Esq. of Hanover, and supposed to be ...

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marronnage_20547

Kingston, Oct. 29, 1801. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, Two Negro Fellows, named PETER and QUAMINA, by trade cabinet-makers, are wellknown in Kingston, and pretend to be devou...

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marronnage_20548

Kingston, Nov. 7, 1801. RAN AWAY, on the 28th October last, a Negro Boy, named CHARLES, a Creole of this island, about 20 years of age, stout made, and about 5 feet 8 inches high. A Half-Joe reward...

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marronnage_20549

Mount-Dakins, St. Andrew’s, Nov. 12, 1801. RAN AWAY, on the 6th instant, a Negro Boy named JAMES, of the Otam country, marked on the right shoulder HB; had on, when he absconded, a blue jacket, wi...

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marronnage_2055

Un Negre Congo, nommé la Fortune, sans étampe, ayant des marques incisives de son pays sur le visage, âgé de 17 à 18 ans, taille de 5 pieds 2 pouces, ayant les dents limées & la cheville du pied enflé...

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marronnage_20550

Mount-Industry, Nov. 13, 1801. TAKEN UP, on the above property, on the 11th inst. Two Negro Men, apparently not long in the country, as they can scarcely speak English; they call themselves PETER a...

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marronnage_20551

Mitcham Pen, St. Elizabeth, Nov. 1, 1801 TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. WALKED off, on Saturday the 17th ult. a young Negro Man, named PEMBROKE, a creole, well known in this parish and on the road to Kings...

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marronnage_20552

Kingston, Oct. 29, 1801 TEN POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, a Negro Fellow, named PETER, a Cabinet-Maker by trade, is well known in Kingston,and pretends to be a devout Methodist. Hal...

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marronnage_20553

Kingston, Nov. 12, 1801. RAN AWAY, from Swamps and Norris Estates, in the parish of St. David’s, the following Negroes: POLLUX, a short stout Man, of the Mundingo country, R, with a crow’s foot in...

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marronnage_20554

Kingston, Nov. 26, 1801. RAN AWAY, on the 17th inst. a negro wench slave, named SILVIA, of the Eboe country, about 5 feet 4 inches high, stout made, and about 19 years of age, speaks tolerable good...

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marronnage_20555

Liguanea, Dec. 5, 1801. Twenty-five Pounds Reward. ABSCONDED, about the 15th of March last, a yellow-skinned negro, named ALLICK, stout built, and by trade a taylor; formerly the property of the l...

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marronnage_20556

Kingston, Nov. 24, 1801. DRIFTED from alongside of his Majesty’s sloop Lark, on the 18th instant, supposed from the violence of the North Breeze, a [inc]AT, with three Negroes on board; answering t...

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