Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS, THREE Africans, viz. JIM—he cannot tell his owner’s name, is 5 feet 5 inches and ¾ high, about 25 years old, has his country marks on his forehead, cheeks and breast, front teeth filed and his ears bored, is clothed in a blue cloth jacket, red short and ragged trowsers, has on a blue and white negro cloth cap, bound round the bottom with dark coloured cloth. HARRY, is 5 feet 7 ½ inches high, is about 27 years old, has lost one of his upper front teeth, his country marks on his temples and cheeks, has on a ragged jacket and trowsers of white plains, with a blue and white negro cloth cap, bound round the bottom with dark cloth.