Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Fifty Dollars Reward RANAWAY on the 17th inst. from the subscriber living near Natchez, two negro men, one by the name of EDWARD and the other by the name of ABRAHAM : Edward is a slim fellow about five feet nine or ten inches high, white eyes, remarkable well made and very black ; Abraham is a fellow about five feet eight inches high, rather of a yellow complexion, well set to his height, he has been a sailor for eight years ; — any person who will apprehend and secure said negroes so that the owner may get them again, shall be entitled to the above reward : it is supposed they will make for New Orleans. […] John I.