Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Ran away, From the subscriber’s plantation, about the 20th of March last, a NEGRO FELLOW, named PETER, of a yellowish complexion, about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches in height, with a scar on his cheek, occasioned by the drawing of a tooth; he had on when he went away, a homespun jacket and trowsers; he formerly was the property of J. G. Taylor, of Charleston.