Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Committed to the Work-House, AS RUNAWAYS : TWO Africans ; neither of them can tell the names of their owners. One of them says his name is Congo ; he is 5 feet 3 ¼ inches high, about 19 or 20 years old, has his country marks on his breast, his teeth filed ; clothed with two red flannel shirts and blue negro cloth trowsers. The other calls himself July, is 5 feet 4 inches high, about 25 years old, his upper front teeth are filed ; is clothed with a red flannel shirt, a blue nankeen jacket and blue negro cloth trowsers ; he has several brass rings on his fingers and a lump on his left shin.