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"Stop the Runaway!!! $25 Reward. Ranaway from the Eagle Tavern, a negro fellow, named Nat. He is no doubt attempting to follow his wife, who was lately sold to a speculator named Redmond. The above reward will be paid by Mrs. Lucy M. Downman, of Sussex county, Va." Multitudes of advertisements like the above appear annually in the southern papers.
We shall, as heretofore, insert only so much of each advertisement as will be necessary to make the point intelligible. Mr. Micajah Ricks, Nash County, North Carolina, in the Raleigh "Standard," July 18, 1838. "Ranaway, a negro woman and two children; a few days before she went off, I burnt her with a hot iron, on the left side of her face, I tried to make the letter M." Mr.
"Committed to jail a negro, says his name is Cuffee, he is lame in one knee, occasioned by a shot." "Ranaway Joshua, his thumb is off of his left hand." Mr. William Bateman, in the "Grand Gulf Advertiser," Dec. 7, 1838. "Ranaway William, scar over his left eye, one between his eye brows, one on his breast, and his right leg has been broken." Mr. B.G. Simmons, in the "Southern Argus," May 30, 1837.
"Ranaway, my slave Amos, had a chain attached to one of his legs" H.W. Rice, sheriff, Colleton district, South Carolina, in the "Charleston Mercury," September 1, 1838. "Committed to jail, a negro named Patrick, about forty-five years old, and is handcuffed." W.P. Reeves, jailor, Shelby county, Tennessee, in the "Memphis Enquirer, June 17, 1837.
J. CUYLER, says he will give five dollars, to anyone who will catch and bring back to him "Saman, an old negro man, and grey, and has only one eye." "$25 REWARD. Ranaway, a Negro Woman named MATILDA, aged about 30 or 35 years. Also, on the same night, a Negro Fellow of small size, VERY AGED, stoop-shouldered, who walks VERY DECREPIDLY, is supposed to have gone off.
John D. Turner, near Norfolk, Virginia, in the "Norfolk Herald", June 27, 1838. "Ranaway, a negro by the name of Joshua he has a cut across one of his ears, which he will conceal as much as possible one of his ankles is enlarged by an ulcer." Mr. William Stansell, Picksville, Ala. in the "Huntsville Democrat", August 29, 1837.
Peter Hanson, Lafayette city, La., in the New Orleans "Bee," July 28, 1838. "Ranaway, the negress Martha she has lost her right eye." Mr. Orren Ellis, Georgeville, Mi. in the "North Alabamian," Sept. 15, 1837. "Ranaway, George has had the lower part of one of his ears bit off." Mr. Zadock Sawyer, Cuthbert, Randolph county, Georgia, in the "Milledgeville Union," Oct. 9, 1838.
John Henderson, in the "Grand Gulf Advertiser," August 29, 1838, advertises Betsey. "Ranaway, a black woman Betsey, has an iron bar on her right leg." Robert Nicoll, whose residence is in Mobile, in Dauphin street, between Emmanuel and Conception streets, thus advertises a woman in the "Mobile Commercial Advertiser." "TEN DOLLARS REWARD will be given for my negro woman Liby.
Also, one other negro, by the name of Rigdon, who ranaway on the 8th of this month. In the same number of the Spectator two Justices of the Peace advertise the same runaways, and give notice that if they do not immediately return to W.D. Cobb, their master, they will be considered as outlaws, and any body may kill them. The following is an extract from the proclamation of the JUSTICES.
Menard Brothers, parish of Bernard, Louisiana, In the N.O. "Bee," August 18, 1838. "Ranaway, a negro named John having an iron around his right foot." Messrs. J.L. and W.H. Bolton, Shelby county, Tennessee, in the "Memphis Enquirer," June 7, 1837. "Absconded, a colored boy named Peter had an iron round his neck when he went away."
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