Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Twenty Dollars Reward. ABSCONDED from the Subscriber, on the 2nd inst. a Negro Lad, named PETER, about nineteen years old, tall and rather slender, likely, straight and well made, his complexion is not very black, his head is rather small and his teeth very white; he generally wears a ring in one of his ears, both of which are believed to be bored; he took with him several articles of cloathing, among which were a short blue jacket with sleeves, a red waistcoat and blue pantaloons, a blue surtout with a red cape, and a glazed hat.