Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Kingston, June 11, 1814 Absconded on Wed last from the service of George Damerum, Esq. Deputy Commisary-General, to whom he was hired, a Mulatto Man Slave named PETER, but having been baptized by the name of William Dance; he is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, dark complexion, strait and well made, is a remarkably good House-Servant, and Coachman, and can work pretty well at the Tailor business; he was born at Stirling- Castle estate, in St. Thomas in the Vale, and is generally well known, having waited for many years on the Subscriber and the late Lieut.