Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

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NOTICE.—Was brought this day, to the jail of this parish a
negro of the Congo nation, named LOUIS, aged 30 years or thereabouts, of the height of 5 feet 3 inches or thereabouts ;
speaking French and a little English. He says he belongs to Mr.
Cook, a planter of bayou Darbonne in La Fourche, from whom
he absconded about 10 or 12 days ago.
Parish of St. John the Baptist, 8th June 1814.
LS. LE CARPENTIER,
Sheriff.
June 13.

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NOTICE.—Was brought this day, to the jail of this parish a negro of the Congo nation, named LOUIS, aged 30 years or thereabouts, of the height of 5 feet 3 inches or thereabouts ; speaking French and a little English. He says he belongs to Mr. Cook, a planter of bayou Darbonne in La Fourche, from whom he absconded about 10 or 12 days ago. Parish of St. John the Baptist, 8th June 1814. LS. LE CARPENTIER, Sheriff. June 13.

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