Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

RUNAWAY NEGRO. ON the 15th of April, 1812, ranaway from the subscriber’s Plantation at Point-Coupée, a negro man named JEAN, Congo by birth about 25 years old, middle stature, black skin, open forehead, sharp teeth, good cook. A liberal reward will be given to any person bringing him back to his master or committing him into one of the jails of this territory.