Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Chesterfield, Portland July 23, 1815 A DOUBLOON REWARD Absconded about six weeks ago, a Negro Man, named SAM, a Mungola, 5 feet 5 inches high, marked RM on right shoulder, and IB, C on top, on both cheeks, and one of his fingers is crooked at the first joint: He is supposed to be gone to Spanish- Town, where the Subscriber is informed he was harboured most part of last year by a Jew who keeps a Shop; he is very artful, and may endeavour to pass for a free man: Also two weeks ago, a Negro Man, named WILLIAM, a Congo, tall and stout, of a yellow complexion, marked IB, C on top, on right shoulder, and is well known in this Parish.[…] JAMES BRADSHAW