Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Ten Dollars Reward A MULATTO MAN named MICHAEL, belonging to Moses Hooke, Esq. of the Mississippi Territory, absconded from the subscribers on the Morning of the 20th inst., he has been upwards of 18 months in this city ; is about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, has an aquiline nose, large eyes, sharp visage, and his form considerably emaciated by sickness ; had on, when he went away, a shirt of country linen, and pantaloons of home-spun, white and blue mixture. He speaks the English language only, talks slowly, and is remarkably plausible in his manner of relating any circumstances relative to himself.