Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

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40 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 5th inst. a negro man
named BEN, about five feet eight or nine inches high, long
visage, big eyes, and a scar just below the eyes, long nose,
well made, stout bodied, walks very heavy, his feet outward
and awkwardly, a very bad runner, he speaks English and bad
French, he had on when he went away a blanket coat, a coarse
linen ruffle shirt, a pair of short white woolen pantaloons, a
fine pair of pumps. Whoever will deliver him to the subscriber
in New-Orleans, shall receive the above recompense.
PIERRE BAILLY.

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Original Document (French)

40 DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 5th inst. a negro man named BEN, about five feet eight or nine inches high, long visage, big eyes, and a scar just below the eyes, long nose, well made, stout bodied, walks very heavy, his feet outward and awkwardly, a very bad runner, he speaks English and bad French, he had on when he went away a blanket coat, a coarse linen ruffle shirt, a pair of short white woolen pantaloons, a fine pair of pumps. Whoever will deliver him to the subscriber in New-Orleans, shall receive the above recompense. PIERRE BAILLY.

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@misc{rasin:doc:marronnage_12259, title = {Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {Rasin.ai, via Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, url = {https://rasin.ai/document/marronnage_12259}, note = {Accessed 2026-03-30} }