Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Twenty Dollars Reward Absconded from her owner on the 26th ult. a NEGRO WOMAN, named BETSEY, about the age of twenty-four years, of rather a yellow complexion, dark about the lips, her height is about five feet three or four inches, her hair bushy, particularly in front, and she has large eyes, down look and a deep sore on the front, of her left leg, a little below the knee pan ; her dress when she absconded was a blue and white striped linen coat, brown humhums petticoat and check apron. There is no doubt but she is harbored by some person in this city.