Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Portland, Nov 20, 1814 TWENTY POUNDS REWARD Absconded from the Subscriber in October, 1813, a Negro named SAM, a Mungola, 5 feet 5 inches high, marked RM on the right shoulder, and is branded IB, C on top, on both cheeks; he formerly belonged to R. Mein, Esq. and, as he is a very plausible fellow, he will endeavour to pass as a free man: He was lately seen in Spanish Town, and is supposed to be harboured by a white man there: Also, WILLIAM, a Congo, stout made, of a yellow complexion, and is marked IB, C on top, on right shoulder; he is well known in this Parish, and is supposed to be harboured at or about Red Hazell Estate, where he was lately seen.