Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. Ranaway from the subscriber, some years since, a Mustizoe Fellow, named BOB, and has not long since been seen in Char- leston; he is about five feet eight or ten inches high, square built, remarkably knock kneed, large featured, very red and heavy eyes, he also has a scar on his cheek, speaks good En- glish, very artful, and capable of making a plausible story; he occasionally passes for a free man, and shows a ticket where he was formerly known, from a recent owner, saying he has been sold. Bob is elderly and a Carpenter by trade, he has been heard of working at his trade in Charleston, Georgetown and Columbia; his acquaintance is numerous and extensive.