Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

RAN AWAY THREE NEGROES: one a country-born woman, named DINAH, stout made, about 28 years old, well known in Charleston, and supposed to be somewhere concealed in the city. And two new negro men, having on each a red flannel shirt, blue jacket and trowsers; they speak little English, and know not their owner’s name; one named BLACKSMITH, stout made, about 5 feet 8 inches high, of a good countenance; the other SAMBO, about 5 feet 5 inches high, slender made, and writes the Arabic language, of a grave countenance; the former about 25, and the latter 30 years of age; and are supposed to be somewhere in the country near the subscriber’s plantation on Ashley River. A Reward of FIVE DOLLARS for each, will be paid, on delivery at the above Plantation, or to the Subscribers in Charleston.