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Kingston, March 20, 1805. FOUR Negro Men, Carpenters, absconded from the mountain of Henry Stanley, Esq. about three weeks ago: They are named GEORGE, SHEPPARD, JAMIE, and PETER, and are supposed ...

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March 22, 1805. HALF-A-JOE-REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on Wednesday the 6th instant, a negro girl, named SALLY, of the Mungola Country, of a very black complexion, marked on the right sh...

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March 29, 1805. RAN AWAY from the sloop John, Capt. Jones, at Port-Antonio, on the 4th of February last, an elderly negro man, named JAMES ROBERTSON, he is remarkably artful, and speaks good Engli...

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March 27, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about four months ago, a negro man, of the Eboe country, named JOE, about four feet ten or eleven inches high, slender made, with his country marks on...

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April 5, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, a Negro Man, named RICHARD; he is blind of one eye, and has lately been purchased from the estate of Mr. James Miles, dec.; he is well known about the ...

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Kingston, April 5, 1804. A DOUBLOON REWARD WILL be given to any person who will bring and deliver to Mess. Henry, West, & Co. or to the subscriber, Three NEGRO CHILDREN, his property, named OLIVER...

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Deux Negres nouveaux, nation Madingue, étampés LE FEBVRE, l'avant dernier lettre entrelacée, l'un nommé Jupiter & l'autre Enée, âgés d'environ 25 ans, appartenant à M. Jean-Jacques le Febvre, Habitant...

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Kingston, April 12, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about six months ago, a Negro Girl, named MARIA, about five feet four or five inches high, rather stout made, of a very ill-favoured countena...

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April 18, 1805. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. A HANDSOME reward will be given by the subscriber to any person who will apprehend and lodge in any gaol or workhouse a sailor negro, named JOHN; he has been a...

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Kingston, April 19, 1805. RAN AWAY from the employ of Philip Givan, Esq. of Kingston, the following slaves: - LEWIS, a Mundingo, about forty years of age, five feet ten inches high, slim made, wit...

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Kingston, April 20, 1805. ON the 6th day of December, 1804, the subscriber hired to Captain MAGUIRE, of the drogging schooner PELICAN, Three Negroes, named FRANK, JACK, and TOM, to proceed in said...

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Kingston, April 19, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber a Negro Fellow named THOMAS, (calls himself Thomas Stevens); he is a creole of the Virgin Islands, being an artful cunning fellow may attempt...

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Goshen-Pen, St. Elizabeth, April 22, 1805. ABSCONDED from the above property, about two weeks since, a new negro man-boy, about seventeen years of age, of the Calabar country, of a yellow complexi...

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Spanish-Town, April 23, 1805. A DOUBLOON REWARD. RAN AWAY, six weeks ago, from the subscriber, a waitingboy, named SAM, an Eboe, about five feet one inch high, had on when he went away a check shi...

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East-Street, Kingston, April 25, 1805. RAN AWAY, in April last, a negro wench, named RACHAEL, about five feet and a half high, very stout, has lost one of her front teeth and half of another, is ma...

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May 3, 1801. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN or INVEIGLED AWAY, from Spring-Field plantation, in the parish of St. Andrew, two negro men, named WILLIAM and TOM, and a boy, named PHOENIX, belonging to th...

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Kingston, May 3, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, since February last, a negro woman, named Sally, of the Congo country, she is of a middle age, speaks very little English, has a number of her ...

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marronnage_2106

Un Negre créole, nommé André, étampé LASVS & PERODIN, âgé d'environ 30 ans, est maron depuis un mois. Ceux qui le reconnoîtront, sont priés de le faire arrêter, & d'en donner avis au Sr Lassus, dit Ba...

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Recess, May 6, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, about eight weeks ago, a negro man, by name LECHMERE, or CUFFY, about fifty years of age, tall and thin, sometimes he wears a long drab coat with...

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Port-Royal, May 18, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, about three months since, a creole negro man, named SHARPER, by trade a butcher or small stock; is well known in Kingston and Spanish-Town, ...

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Athlone, St. Mary, May 1, 1805. THIRTY POUNDS REWARD. ABSCONDED from the above property, on the 12th of February last, a negro man, named HENRY, belonging to the estate of Catherine Hermitt, decea...

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Windsor-Castle Estate, St. George, May 10, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about a month ago, an Angola boy, named TRIM, has marks of his country about his temples and on his breast, short mad...

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St. Elizabeth, May 14, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 14th of April last, a negro woman, of the Moco country, about five feet four inches high, slender made, three of her country marks ...

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Kingston, May 17, 1805. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, about nine months ago, a negro man, named WILLIAM, alias NASH, a blacksmith by trade, about five feet ten inches high, l...

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Portland, May 14, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber, about the middle of last September, a negro man, named PRIMUS, of the Chamba country, but understands the Coromantee language, a carpenter by...

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Kingston, May 25, 1805. ABSCONDED, this morning, about six o’clock, THREE NEW NEGROES, of the Angola country. They had on a blue cloth, and are supposed to have taken the Hope or Halfway-Tree road...

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St. David, June 1, 1803. RAN AWAY, since the 1st of April last, a creole negro man, named BAKER, a bricklayer, and well known in Kingston, where he is supposed to be working. A Pistole reward will ...

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Airy-Castle, St. Andrew’s, June 7, 1805. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the above property, in December last, RICHARD, a Mundingo, five one and a half inch high, supposed to be marked o...

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Deux Négresses, dont une a un enfant à la mamelle âgé d'environ deux mois, sont parties maronnes des Cayes, la nuit du 15 au 16, & dans la même nuit il a été enlevé un canot qu'on présume leur avoir s...

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June 14, 1805. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. A HANDSOME reward will be given by the subscriber to any person who will apprehend and lodge in any gaol or workhouse a sailor negro, named JOHN; he has been ab...

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