October
1834:
Nero, Sol, and Bob run to Lancaster from Harford County, Maryland
$300
Reward.
Ranaway from the subscriber, living in Harford county, Maryland, on Saturday,
the 18th instant, Negro Nero, a very dark mulatto, aged 33 years, about
5 feet 10 inches high; Negro Sol, a very dark mulatto, aged 31 years, and
something taller than Nero; also, Negro Bob, aged about 30, and about the
same height of Nero. Sol is a slender man; very much knock-kneed, and very
active. Bob is a complete wagoner, and all first rate farming hands. They
were traced to within five miles of Lancaster, this morning.
The
above reward will be paid for teh apprehension of the above described
three slaves, and securing them in any jail within the United States
so that I can get them again; or one hundred dollars for each, or either,
and all reasonable expenses allowed.
Information
of their being apprehended, or any other information relative to said
runaways, will be received speedily, if directed to the subsriber,
at Hickory Tavern Post office, Harford county, Maryland.
John
Forwood.
October 21.
Source:
Lancaster Journal,
31 October 1834. |