Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Kingston, Jan 19, 1815 ONE DOUBLOON REWARD Absconded from the Subscriber, about the 21st September, 1815, a Negro Woman, of the Wakee country, named MARIA, but calls herself MARIA SOUZA, has her country marks on her cheeks, but not very visible, coal-black, short, and stout made; speaks very bad English, and has been in the habit of frequenting Fort-Augusta, Stoney-Hill, and Up-Park Camp, as a higgler; she is very artful, and; in all probability, may have by her a false ticket; she was lately seen at Falmouth, Port-Maria, and Montego-Bay, where she reported that she was working out to pay wages, and has been following some of the Soldiers quartered in those places; she is very fond of dress, and; from her appearance, would be taken for a free person. […] REBECCA SIMONS Upper King-Street