AP Success - AP US History: Runaway Slaves

Ran-away from Mr. Joseph Knowlton of Newport on Rhode-Island, Housewright, on the 1st of April last, a Negro Man Servant, named Cuffee, about 28 Years of Age, a pretty tall Fellow, speaks broken English, is of a very black colour, & has several marks in his Face, wears a Cap & a good Hat, he took with him a large Bundle of Clothing, a broad Cloth Coat lin’d with blue a dark colour’d Duroy Fly, a light colour’d Duffle great Coat white Flannel Jacket, a Seersucker one, a Silk one &c. Whoever shall take up said Runaway, & him safely convey to his said Master at Newport or to Mr. Joseph Brown Distiller, near Mr. Waldo’s Stillhouse in Boston, shall have Forty Shillings Reward & all necessary Charges paid. Tis suppos’d the said Negro has a forg’d Pass & designs to get off to Sea. -New England Weekly Journal. 1731 Ran-away from his Master William Pepperil Esqr. at Kittery, in the Province of Maine, a Negro Man-Slave named Peter, aged about 20, speaks good English, of pretty brown Complexion, middle Stature, has'on a mixt gray home-spun Coat, white home spun Jacket and Breeches, French fall Shoes, fad coloured Stockings, or a mixt worsted pair, and a black Hat. Whosoever shall take up said Negro, and bring or convey him safe to his said master, or secure him and send notice of him either to his Master, or to Andrew Belcher Esqr. at Boston, shall be well rewarded for his pains, and all reasonable charges paid besides. -Boston News-Letter, 1705