Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Ran-Away, ON the 22d of last month, from my plantation, a Mustee Fellow by the name of DAVID. He is of a thin visage, with high cheek bones, and is a little pock marked ; his feet are remarkable for being very sharp pointed, and the number of marks of corns on his toes ; one, or both, of his ears are bored for ear-rings, and he wears a small gold ear-ring in one of them. He is a shipwright by trade, and a jobbing carpenter ; is very plausible in speech and manners, and being an artful fellow may change his owners name, and will endeavour to get back to where he came from, (City of Washington) through the back settlements of this state.