RAN-AWAY,
FROM my plantation, one and a half leagues below town, on
the opposite side of the river, A NEGRO MAN, from Africa,
of the Mandingo tribe ; now about six months in this country,
stout and well made ; walks with his toes turned out, for a
black quite gracefully ; somewhat scared with the effects of
the Small Pox in his face—about 5 feet 8 inches high ; speaks
some English words imperfectly, but no French—since in this
country, he has been named PERO. […] on application to Mr.
Silliman at the plantation or to the subscriber at New-Orleans.
Samuel Packwood