Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

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Forty Dollars Reward.
RAN-AWAY, FROM THE SUBSCRIBER
TWO SLAVES
One named JIM, and the other ISAAC.
JIM is a slim black boy, about 19 years of age—had on, when
he went away, a white cotton shirt and pantaloons—about 5
feet 6 inches high.
ISAAC, a mulatto boy ; about 25 years of age ; same height as
the other ; very remarkable, being branded on both cheeks with
a key ; a shoemaker by trade.
A REWARD of TWENTY DOLLARS for either, or FORTY
for two, will be given on delivery at my plantation, or to Mr.
Joseph McNeil in New-Orleans.
Arthur Cobb
Bayou Sarah, June 3, 1808

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Forty Dollars Reward. RAN-AWAY, FROM THE SUBSCRIBER TWO SLAVES One named JIM, and the other ISAAC. JIM is a slim black boy, about 19 years of age—had on, when he went away, a white cotton shirt and pantaloons—about 5 feet 6 inches high. ISAAC, a mulatto boy ; about 25 years of age ; same height as the other ; very remarkable, being branded on both cheeks with a key ; a shoemaker by trade. A REWARD of TWENTY DOLLARS for either, or FORTY for two, will be given on delivery at my plantation, or to Mr. Joseph McNeil in New-Orleans. Arthur Cobb Bayou Sarah, June 3, 1808

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@misc{rasin:doc:marronnage_12462, title = {Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {Rasin.ai, via Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, url = {https://rasin.ai/document/marronnage_12462}, note = {Accessed 2026-03-30} }