Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

TEN DOLLARS REWARD (For Tom, a Baker or Mariner, as occasion will have it: a Fel- low) Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of TOM, a fellow from 18 to 20 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, handsomely made, a dark smooth face with small eyes, and a hanging under lip, will incline his head, and perhaps shut his eyes when spoken to; (has formerly belonged to Capt. Kel- ly, who imported him from Africa, and more recently to Mr. Benoist, a Baker in Meeting-street--speaks uently both En- glish and French.The Fellow has quite unprovoked absented himself, with Six Dollars or more of hi Master’s money, which he will have, it is presumed, spent to buy new clothes.