Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Bellevue, Westmorland, Dec. 10, 1805. RAN AWAY, the 2d instant, from the above settlement, a negro man, named DICK, an Eboe, but calls himself JOHN BROWN; he is about forty years of age, and about five feet six inches high, of straight active make, has well formed legs, walks very erect, has filed teeth in front, flat nose, with large nostrils, has much to say for himself, yellow complexion, marked on one shoulder McG, on the other MV or DF.