Marronnage — Fugitive Slave Advertisements

Twenty Dollars Reward. Absconded, Mary or Minna, a handsome black girl ; dress with great taste and neatness, has gold rings in her ears appears to be about sixteen years, and about five feet high, slim and genteel made, very mild in her manners ; she formerly belonged to governor Guerard’s estate, her mother belongs to Mr John Kennedy and lives in Jone’s lot — she has a sister at doctor Kirkland’s, she is well known about town, and lately worked at Mr. Monc[…¬¬]ieli’s, Church-street.