RUN AWAY from the plantation of Messrs. Bonne and Mourlot,
lately belonging to Mr. De Gruys, a Negro Congo named
Smith, 24 or 26 years old, five feet 4 or 5 inches high, speaking
French and English broken [parlant mauvais Français et mauvais Anglais], stout, very black, blubber lips, bearing some
country marks on his breast and branded on the shoulders [sur
l’epaule]. He was dressed when he run away with a great coat,
pantaloon of coarse blue cloth and a red flannel shirt. A liberal
reward will be given to any person who will bring him to his
master or commit him to jail. Captains of vessels are requested
not to take him or harbour him on board under penalties incurred
by law.
December 26.