Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Kingston, Aug 27, 1812 Absented himself since the 17th May last, a creole Negro Man, named JAMES, about five feet six or seven inches high, stout and well made, skin very black, marked WS on one or both shoulders, and has been employed in the Beef Market of this city, as a butcher, for twelve months past. A Doubloon reward is offered for his apprehension and Fifty Pounds on proving to conviction his being harboured by a white person, or Twenty Pounds if by a person of colour. Should the above Slave return of his own accord, within a fortnight from this date, pardon will be granted him.