Mount-Pleasant, St. Elizabeth,
Aug. 8, 1809.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 28th of March last,
a Negro Man, named CHARLES; previous to which he was
employed as a fiherman at Long-Aire, and not long since was
seen near the Slipe pen.
Also ranaway, from the Hope plantation, in the parish of
Vere, the property of the subscriber, a Negro Man, named
WILLIAM, a Coromantee, formerly belonging to the estate of
James C. Wright, Esq. dec.; has a sore on one of his legs,or the
scar thereof, which occasionally breaks out; is an artful fellow,
and may attempt to pass as free; is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches
high, and has an impediment in his speech. He was met shortly
after his departure, in the beginning of July last, on the King’s
road, between Emmaus and Burnt-Ground pens, in this parish.
Whoever lodges either of the said slaves in any workhouse
in this island will receive Half-a-Joe reward; and on proof to
conviction by whom harboured, the sum of Two Doubloons.
GEORGE G. STONE.