Kingston, April 19, 1805.
ABSCONDED from the subscriber a Negro Fellow named
THOMAS, (calls himself Thomas Stevens); he is a creole of
the Virgin Islands, being an artful cunning fellow may attempt
to pass for a free man, he is an excellent seaman, a tolerable
ship-carpenter and caulker, to which he adds the qualifications
of a good cook and hair-dresser. He may endeavour to ship
himself on board some of the vessels about to sail with the
convoy, probably from Port-Antonio, to which plave he ran
away prior to the sailing of the last convoy, and was employed
some days there on board a London ship. It is probable he
may offer to ship as Steward, being well calculated for such a
situation, as he is a sensible fellow, and not addicted to liquor. His age is about twenty-eight years, five feet nine inches high,
with remarkable high cheek bones, thick lips, peaked chin;
wears generally a blue cloth coattee, or blue sailor’s jacket; he
has red striped gingham and canvas trowsers; and may have a
suit of black broad cloth with him. All masters of vessels are
warned not to employ or attempt to carry him off the island.
Half-a-Joe reward will be paid for lodging him in any gaol or
workhouse, Twenty Pounds on the conviction that he has been
harboured by any white person, and Ten Pounds if by a free
person of colour.
ANDREW McKENZIE.