Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Fifty Dollars Reward RUN AWAY from the Plantation of the subscriber, yesterday 5th inst., at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a negro man named THAM, 5 feet 6 inches high about 45 years old, speaks French, English and Spanish, he is marked upon the breast Riviere. The reward as above will be paid upon the delivery of said negro to the subscriber or upon committing him to Jail. Philippon, Jr.