Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

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Runaway Negro in Jail.
A BRUTE negro named Baptiste, of the congo nation, aged
about 25 to 28 years, 4 feet and half high (French measure,
[pas d’autre parenthese] having the marks of his nation on his
forehead, temple, breast and belly. He says he belongs to Mr.
Pierre a sugar planter up the coast. The said negro had on when
he run [sic] away an old blanket capot and a pair of old cottonade
pantaloons.
July 2.

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Runaway Negro in Jail. A BRUTE negro named Baptiste, of the congo nation, aged about 25 to 28 years, 4 feet and half high (French measure, [pas d’autre parenthese] having the marks of his nation on his forehead, temple, breast and belly. He says he belongs to Mr. Pierre a sugar planter up the coast. The said negro had on when he run [sic] away an old blanket capot and a pair of old cottonade pantaloons. July 2.

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@misc{rasin:doc:marronnage_13030, title = {Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {Rasin.ai, via Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements}, url = {https://rasin.ai/document/marronnage_13030}, note = {Accessed 2026-04-01} }