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"Committed to jail, a negro man his back much marked by the whip." Mr. H. Varillat, No. 23 Girod street, New Orleans in the "Commercial Bulletin," August 27, 1838. "Ranaway, the negro slave named Jupiter has a fresh mark of a cowskin on one of his cheeks." Mr. Cornelius D. Tolin, Augusta, Ga., in the "Chronicle and Sentinel," Oct. 18, 1838.
"Crawford co. Georgia" "RANAWAY, from the subscriber, a negro man named SAMPSON. Fifty dollars reward will be given for the delivery of him to me, or his confinement in any jail so that I get him, and should he resist in being taken, so that violence is necessary to arrest him, I will not hold any person liable for damages should the slave be KILLED. ENOCH FOY. "Jones County, N.C."
John McMurrain, Columbus, Ga. in the "Southern Sun," August 7, 1838. "Ranaway a negro boy named Mose, he has a wound in the right shoulder near the back bone, which was occasioned by a rifle shot." Mr. Moses Orme, Annapolis, Maryland, in the "Annapolis Republican," June 20, 1837. "Ranaway my negro man Bill, he has a fresh wound in his head above his ear."
"Ranaway, negro boy Harper has a scar on one of his hips in the form of a G." Hon. Ambrose H. Sevier Senator, in Congress, from Arkansas in the "Vicksburg Register", of Oct. 18. "Ranaway, Bob, a slave has a scar across his breast, another on the right side of his head his back is much scarred with the whip." Mr. R.A. Greene, Milledgeville, Georgia, in the "Macon Messenger" July 27, 1837.
"Ranaway Mark, his left arm has been broken." Mr. "Ranaway, Caleb, 50 years old, has an awkward gait occasioned by his being shot in the thigh." J.L. Jolley, Sheriff of Clinton, Co. Mi. in the "Clinton Gazette," July 23, 1836. Mr. "Fifty dollars reward, for my fellow Edward, he has a scar on the corner of his mouth, two cuts on and under his arm, and the letter E on his arm." Mr.
In the same column with the above and directly under it is the following: "RANAWAY my negro man RICHARD. A reward of $25 will be paid for his apprehension DEAD or ALIVE. Satisfactory proof will only be required of his being KILLED. He has with him, in all probability, his wife ELIZA, who ran away from Col. Thompson, now a resident of Alabama, about the time he commenced his journey to that state.
"Ranaway a negro man named Ned, three of his fingers are drawn into the palm of his hand by a cut, has a scar on the back of his neck nearly half round, done by a knife." Mr. Thomas Hudnall, Madison Co. Mi. in the "Vicksburg Register," September 5, 1838. "Ranaway a negro named Hambleton, limps on his left foot where he was shot a few weeks ago, while runaway." Mr.
"Ranaway, my man Fountain has holes in his ears, a scar on the right side of his forehead has been shot in the hind parts of his legs is marked on the back with the whip." Mr. B.G. Barrer, St. Louis, Missouri, in the "Republican", Sept. 6, 1837. "Ranaway, a negro man named Jarret has a scar on the under part of one of his arms, occasioned by a wound from a knife." Mr.
"Ranaway, a negro man and his wife, named Nat and Priscilla, he has a small scar on his left cheek, two stiff fingers on his right hand with a running sore on them; his wife has a scar on her left arm, and one upper tooth out."
John McMurrain, near Columbus, "Georgia Messenger," Aug. 2, 1838. "Ranaway, a boy named Moses, some of his front teeth out." Mr. John Kennedy, Stewart Co. La. "New Orleans Bee," April 7, 1837. "Ranaway, Sally, her fore teeth out." Mr. A.J. Hutchings, near Florence, Ala. "North Alabamian," August 25, 1838 "Ranaway, George Winston, two of his upper fore teeth out immediately in front." Mr.
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