Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD, Will be given for lodging in the work-house, of Fifty Dollars on conviction of being harbored by any white person, and *MELIA Twenty Dollars by any colored person, two Negroes of the following description — MARK, a stout made fellow, of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 5 inches high, well known in town and particularly among the fishermen. MELIA, a wench of the common size, with a blemish in one of her eyes. The above Negroes formerly belonged to Mr.