Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Ranaway, ON the 4th instant, a MULATTO MAN, named BOB, about six feet high, slim made, and of an awkward appearance ; he has been in the habit of going to sea, and may probably offer himself as a cook, and a free man. He was lately purchased of Mr. Joseph Alexander, and is well known about Charleston and its neighbourhood — Also, on the 27th instant, the subscriber’s MULATTO BOY BEN, about five feet six, stout made, and well known in town, having lived with the subscriber since an infant.