Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Five Dollars Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber, a Mulatto fellow, named LEWIS, about 21 years of age, formerly belonging to James Brown, esq.—Every commander of vessels are prohibited from taken [sic] him. He had on, when he absconded, a blue, white or nankeen pantaloons and one blue roundabout and a green silk coat.