Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Twenty Dollars Reward. ABSENTED himself from the Subscriber, on the 9th of May last, a young NEGRO FELLOW, named CHARLES, about 18 or 19 years of age, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, of a yellow cast, has a small scar under each of his eyes, and a large one on the back of his right hand, occasioned by a scald or burn, and is ruptured ; he is well known in Charleston as a Bricklayer ; his dress cannot be described as he may change it, being very artful. The above reward will be given to any person lodging him in the Work-House, or with the subscriber, No.