Morant-Bay Workhouse, Aug. 22, 1800.
ESCAPED from this workhouse, on the morning of the 29th
July last, a Negro Man Slave, named CUDJOE, the property of
John Kelly, Esq; who was under sentence of the court, to hard
labour for two years; the said Cudjoe is a creole, 5 feet 5 inches
high, has a large bump behind the ears, by boring them, and
many about his body and thighs by the whip; he is well known
in this parish, Kingston, and St. Ann’s, he being a waiting-boy
to old John Kelly, Esq. for many years. Whoever will deliver
the said Cudjoe to the subscriber, at said workhouse shall receive
a reward of HALF-A-JOE, or a PISTOLE for lodging
him in any workhouse in this island.
EDWARD SMITH, Sup.