Kingston, June 13, 1806.
ONE DOUBLOON REWARD.
ABSCONDED from the subscribers, about five months ago,
a Butcher negro, named TOM, a short thick set fellow, of the
Congo country, was formerly the property of Mr. John Reeder;
has been frequently seen about Hays’s pen, near Old-Harbour.
Whoever will secure him in any gaol or workhouse shall be
entitled to the above reward; and a further sum of Fifty Pounds
on proving to conviction by whom harboured, if by a white
person, and Twenty Pounds should it be a person of colour. All
Masters of Vessels are hereby cautioned against harbouring,
employing, or taking him off the island, as should it be the
case, the law will be enforced to the further extent.
LAMBERT, STEPHENSON, & CO.