Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD, For two runaways, SAM and EMANUEL, who absented themselves from my Plantation, St. Matthew’s Parish, Santee, and have made their way down to Goose Creek, in the nei- ghborhood of Charleston, or perhaps to Charleston. Sam is a tall, stout fellow, black complexion, round shouldered, thick lips, speaks fast, country born, about twenty five years of age.