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Mullet-Hall Estate, St. Thomas in the East, August 1, 1805. ONE DOUBLOON REWARD. RAN AWAY a Mungola negro, named LAUGHLIN, about five feet three inches high, stout, and well limbed, with a scar ac...

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Un jeune Negre nommé Hector, nation Congo, perruquier, âgé d'environ 15 ans, étampé sur le sein droit I F & au dessous GENSE, ayant un rechange bleu de ginga à carreaux, & à la tête un mouchoir rouge ...

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Un Negre créole, nommé Gambille, étampé sur le sein MENARD, taille de 5 pieds 2 pouces, ayant les jambes cambrées & un cicatrice à côté de l'oeil, le dos voûté, visage rond & le col long, fort & robus...

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Kingston, August 3, 1805. RAN AWAY, THREE NEGRO MEN, of the Wakee country, belonging to Phillipsfield estate, in St. Thomas in the East; they are marked NP, P on top, on the right shoulder, and hav...

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Portland Workhouse, Aug. 3, 1805. ESCAPED from this workhouse, on the evening of the 22nd of June last, when serving as a pioneer to the regiment of foot militia of this parish, at Fort-George, a n...

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Port-Royal, August 2, 1805. FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD. ABSCONDED, on the 16th June last, a negro man, named WILLIAM, alias TOM, a creole, about five feet nine inches high, has a speck on the left eye...

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Montego-Bay, July 19, 1805. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD. RAN AWAY in the month of May last, a negro man, named WILLIAM FLETCHER, formerly called POLYDORE, well known in all parts of this island, having a...

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August 3, 1805. DESERTED from his Majesty’s 18th Regiment, at Stoney- Hill, two negro pioneers, viz. ARA, twenty-seven years old, five feet four inches high; JOHN, twenty years old, five feet four...

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Kingston, August 8, 1805. WENT AWAY last night, a new negro man, of the Papa country, named TOM, purchased from Messrs. Levien, Flash, & Co. on the 12th ult. He had on an Osnaburg frock and trowser...

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Kingston, August 9, 1805. RAN AWAY, last January, a negro man, named TOM, a creole, very tall, slim made, has a sore leg, and a swelled foot, walks lame. Half-a-Joe reward will be paid to any perso...

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August 7, 1805. RAN AWAY, since the 1st April last, a negro, named JOHN, a carpenter by trade, about five feet six or seven inches high, stout and well made, a creol eof this island, was seen some ...

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Port-Royal, August 9, 1805. TEN DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED about five weeks ago, ROBERT, a creole, formerly belonged to Mr. Brown, carpenter, St. Ann’s Bay, five feet seven and a half inches high, ...

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St. Ann’s Workhouse, Aug. 13, 1805. ESCAPED this morning early, immediately after turning out the negroes to work (having filed one link of his chain through the night before), , CUFFEE, a stout we...

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Un Negre créole, nommé Jean-Louis, sans étampe, âgé de 18 à 19 ans, taille de 5 pieds 1 ou 2 pouces, est maron depuis environ 10 jours : on présume qu'il a pris la route de l'Artibonite aux Gonaïves, ...

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Wakefield, St. George, Aug. 16, 1805. RAN AWAY from the above plantation, about three weeks ago, a creole negro woman slave, named AUGUST, about five feet once inch high, speaks good English, is ve...

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Portland, August 5, 1805. ESCAPED from the custody of my Deputy, J. A. Fonseca, a negro boy, named GEORGE, taken under and by virtue of a Writ of Venditional Exponas returnable June Grand Court, 1...

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Kingston, August 28, 1805. ABSCONDED on Tuesday the 20th instant, a negro boy, of the Angola country, named JOHN, stout made, about five feet four inches high, round full face and thick lips: he ha...

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August 24, 1805. ABSCONDED, an Eboe woman, named DOLLY, alias MARY LEAK, with her four mulatto children, belonging to the Estate of George Leak [inc], Esq. Two Doubloons reward will be given for a...

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Clarendon, August 22, 1805. ABSCONDED from the subscriber the following slaves: YABBA, ELIZA, ENDEAVOUR, PATIENCE, BESS, HOPE, WALLACE, FORTUNE, JANUARY, CHANCE, NANNY, JACK, SMART, DAVIS, and MAR...

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Kingston, August 15, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on or about the 12th of June last, a negro wench, named JENNETT, of the Mungola country, stout made and full breasted, marked on her stomach ...

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Coldingham, Sept. 2, 1805. CAME into this property, about three weeks ago, a new negro woman, calls herself PENNY, country unknown, marked on the right shoulder IB. She would have been sent to the ...

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Sept. 5, 1805. ABSENTED himself, since July the [inc]th, a negro man, named GEORGE, a Succo, marked P & R, about five feet ten inches high, formerly the property of Dr. Pearman, Clarendon, by whic...

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Sept. 6, 1805. ABSCONDED, on the 27th August, from Shady-Grove, in St. George’s, a new negro boy, of the Eboe country, slim made, yellow skinned, rather meagre, with a few country marks round his ...

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Vere, Sept. 11, 1805. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED from the Hermitage, the property of Francis Badley, Esq. some time in November last, two negro women, ARAMINTA, and her daught...

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Un Negre, nommé Télémaque, étampé PC, taille de 4 pieds 2 pouces, âgé d'environ 40 ans, ayant appartenu ci-devant à M. Pierre Cornu, Raffineur, est maron depuis le 22 du mois dernier. Ceux qui le reco...

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Hoghole Pen, Sept. 12, 1805. A REWARD of FIFTY DOLLARS will be paid to any person who shall take up and deliver to the subscriber a negro slave, named DAPHNIE, by negroes sometimes called DUCK; and...

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Rose-Hill Pen, St. Andrew, Sept. 3, 1805. ONE DOUBLOON REWARD. RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, about twelve months ago, a negro man, named GEORGE, by trade a carpenter, was born upon Llanddewey es...

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Kingston, Sept. 13, 1805. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, ten months ago, a tall likely creole negro wench, named SUKEY (but calls herself HANNAH, and has a false Ticket), marked on one of her shoulde...

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Sept. 9, 1805. RAN AWAY, from the Cottage, in the parish of St. Ann, a negro, of the Congo country, named VARRY, alias MICAEL, marked on the breast ROBIN. Captains of vessels are cautioned against...

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Sept. 12, 1806. RAN AWAY, about four or five weeks since, a negro man, a sailor, named GEORGE, marked AMD, heart on top; he is small and slender, very active, can speak English very well, and writ...

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