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Runaway Ad for Charles and Patrick Mahoney, 1798
On January 8, 1798, Rev. John Ashton, the manager of White Marsh plantation, posted a runaway slave advertisement for Charles and Patrick Mahoney in the Maryland Gazette. In 1791, Charles Mahoney, along with his siblings Patrcik and David, filed…
Runaway Ad for the Queen Family, 1795
On May 1, 1795, John Ashton, the manager of White Marsh plantation posted a runaway slave advertisement for twelve members of the Queen family intheMaryland Gazette: two men named Billy, two men named Tom, Fanny, Isaac, Jack, Lewis, Matthew, Nick,…
Runaway Ad for Michael from White Marsh, 1806
On May 1, 1806, G.B. Bitouzey, the manager of White Marsh plantation, posted a runaway slave advertisement in the Maryland Gazette for Michael, a twenty year-old man.Bitouzey, a secular priest, was a board member of the Corporation of Roman Catholic…
Runaway Ad for Harry Shorter, 1810
On March 23, 1810, G.B. Bitouzey, the manager of White Marsh plantation posted a runaway slave advertisement for Harry Shorter, a 25 year-old man, in the Maryland Gazette.Bitouzey lists the neighberhood of Georgetown as a possible destination for…
Runaway Ad for William Castle, 1804
On December 29, 1804, Francis Beeston, the assistant to Bishop John Carroll in Baltimore posted a runaway slave advertisement for William Castle, a twenty year-old man, in the Baltimore Telegraphe Daily Advertiser.Beeston asserted that Castle…
Runaway Ad for Michael, June 13, 1822
An advertisement for Michael published in the Daily National Intelligencer on June 13, 1822. He had escaped in late April, and the subscriber, Notley Maddox, was offering a $50 reward for his capture. The ad reveals that Michael had been hired out to…
Moses and Eliza Taylor run away, March 15, 1842
An advertisement in the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser dated March 15, 1842 reports the escape of Moses Taylor from his owner, James Evans, as well as the escape of Moses's wife Eliza from a Mr. Clarke. Evidence suggests that Eliza had been…
Runaway Ad for Nicholas, Southern Sentinel, April 12, 1856
A runaway advertisement for Nicholas, who said he was owned by Henry Johnson. The ad was placed by jailor Theodore Blanchard in the Plaquemine, Louisiana Southern Sentinelon April 12, 1856.Henry Johnson was one of the purchasers of the Maryland…
John Ashton places a runaway advertisement for Tom, June 15, 1775
Rev. John Ashton, a Jesuit priest in Maryland, places an advertisement in the Maryland Gazette for a man named Tom in 1775. Rev. Ashton was a Jesuit priest who would later become one of the founders of Georgetown. The advertisement describes Tom as a…