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marronnage_22016

Clarendon, August 11, 1810. ON the 8th instant, a Boy came from Kingston to Industry Hall, in the parish of Clarendon; says his name is FRANK, of the Chamba country, five feet ten inches high, and ...

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Ballard’s Valley, St. Mary, Sept. 10, 1810. RANAWAY from this property on the 23d May last, JAMES, a creole; by trade a carpenter; very black, stout made, about five feet eight or ten inches high, ...

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Kingston, Sept. 15, 1810. RANAWAY, on the 2d instant, from Friendship pen, in Liguanea, two Negro Men, named MERCURY and CHARLES: Mercury about five feet eight inches in height, jet black, and wel...

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marronnage_22019

Spanish-Town, Sept. 29, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, a negro man, named WASHINGTON, formerly the property of the late Mr. Soares. A reward of Five Dollars will be paid to any person lodging ...

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Un Negre Congo, nommé Jolicoeur, étampé I.CHELVZ. P.P.X. taille de 5 pieds 3 pouces, âgé d'environ 15 à 16 ans, est maron depuis le 16 du mois dernier : on présume qu'il est parti du Port-de-Paix avec...

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Mount Helicon, Clarendon, October 1, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, since December last, a creole negro named CHARLES, a cooper and bricklayer by trade, formerly belonged to the late Philip O...

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Spanish-Town, October 6, 1810. WHEREAS a negro man named GEORGE, my property, has been missing for some days past, and, from the conduct of one of the Hebrew nation of this town, I have reason to su...

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Spanish-Town Workhouse, Oct. 12, 1810. ESCAPED, this morning, from the driver, while working at the Governor’s pen, a negro woman named MARY, a Mungola belonging to Mr. Matthew Coleman, near Long-...

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Windsor Forest estate, St. David, Oct. 10, 1810. TWO DOUBLOONS REWARD. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, in November last, an Eboe negro, named HARRY, about five feet 7 ½ inches high, of a yellow com...

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Clarendon, October 1, 1810. RANAWAY, from Mocho plantation, in this parish, the following Negroes: - HARRY, in February, 1809 – DICK, in February, 1810 – and WILLIAM and ATTA, in March last: they ...

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Kingston, October 24, 1810. ABSENTED herself from Whitfield pen, St. Andrew’s, the residence of Robert Hunter, esquire, on Sunday last, supposed to be inveigled away, a small Angola woman, about 20...

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Spanish-Town, Oct. 26, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, a creole negro woman, named JOAN, of a yellowish complexion, very stout, about five feet high, marked on both shoulders EM; she is suppose...

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Spanish-Town, October 27, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, a negro woman, named PATTY, but calls herself PATTY JACKSON, well known in St. Thomas in the Vale, and is supposed to be harboured in ...

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Spanish-Town Workhouse, Oct. 25, 1810. ESCAPED, this day, while working at the Governor’s pen, two Negro Men, chained together; one named EDWARD, a Mundingo, marked on the right shoulder not visib...

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Trelawny Workhouse, Oct. 30, 1810. TWO PISTOLES REWARD. ABSCONDED, from the driver, on Saturday the 27th instant, two negro men, chained together, one named CURRIE, belonging to Peterville estate,...

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Un jeune Negre, étampé sur le sein droit HVDIGH, sur le gauche G & R, & au dessous AR, de petite taille, âgé de 15 à 16 ans, ayant le nez retroussé, & qui se tient ordinairement au Quartier du Boucass...

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Kingston, November 2, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, last night, a negro man, named LUBECK, a creole, about 5 feet 8 inches high, slender make, is very artful, and may attempt to pass as free;...

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Old-Harbour, November 5, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, about a month ago, the following negro men: - QUASHIE, a Coromantee, about 5 feet 9 inches high, coal black, stammers very much, no mark...

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Spanish-Town, Nov. 17, 1810. NOTICE. WHEREAS the followimg negroes, named COLIN, CUDJOE, EDMUND, alias CHARLES CROSS, HAMPSHIRE, JACK, KENSINGTON, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, SAMPSON, and SIMON, who we...

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Old Harbour, Nov. 15, 1810. ABSCONDED, from the subscriber, the undermentioned SLAVES: - RACHAEL HARRIOT, a quadroon woman, with her son, named JOHN POOL. A negro woman, named AMELIA, a Mungola. ...

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Westmorland Workhouse, Nov. 16, 1810. ESCAPED from the driver, while at work in the New Burning Ground, YORK, an Eboe, belonging to King’s Valley estate, Westmorland, committed to punishment by the...

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Kingston, November 29, 1810. RANAWAY, from the subscriber, in the month of July last, a cooper negro, named SALISBURY, a Mundingo, about 5 feet 8 inches high, marked on one of his shoulders IS, has...

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Vere, December 3, 1810. FOUR DOUBLOONS REWARD. RANAWAY, since the 12th of August, a young creole man, named RODNEY, marked B, very large, on his right shoulder, about 5 feet 6 ½ inches high, of a ...

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Spanish-Town, Dec. 20, 1810. RANAWAY, on Saturday, the 15th instant, a creole negro man slave, named LUBIN, slim made, about 5 feet 10 inches high, speaks good English, and is a very plausible fell...

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December 14, 1810. ABSCONDED from Mount Sinai Plantation, in St.Andrew, the following Negroes: ADAM, about five feet high, and speaks French very fluently: TOM, about four feet seven inches high, ...

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Hatfield, St. Elizabeth, Oct. 20, 1810. RANAWAY about the 26th of last March, a Negro Man, of the Congo country, by trade a Carpenter, named JACK, about four feet ten inches high, marked LP on his ...

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Un Negre Mondongue, étampé sur le sein droit BLONDEL, & sur le gauche illisiblement, âgé d'environ 35 ans, taille de 5 pieds, est maron depuis quelque tems. Ceux qui le reconnoîtront, sont priés de le...

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Kingston, Aug. 10, 1810. RANAWAY from Shrewsbury estate, in Portland, a stout short Negro Woman, named BETTY, a Mundingo, country marks on both cheeks, has lost one of her upper front teeth, and is...

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Dunsinane, Jan. 11, 1811. EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY from Birnam-Wood, St. George, early in October last, a Negro Man, named JACKEY, of the Mungola Country, about five feet eight inches high, a...

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Kingston, Jan. 25, 1811. RANAWAY, about four months ago, a Negro Woman, named SUSANNA, of the Eboe Country. About three weeks ago she clandestinely took away her Child, about ten years old, named ...

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