TEN POUNDS REWARD.

July 6, 1772.

RAN away from the Subscribers, living near Soldiers Delight, in Baltimore County, Maryland, a dark Mulatto Slave, who goes by the Name of CHARLES HARDING, but formerly by the Name of DICK; about 30 Years of Age, 5 Feet 7 Inches high, large Nose, hollow eyed, low Forehead, has upwards of Forty Scars on his Head of different Sizes, well made, has a small Scar on the upper Part of his Nose on the left Side, a small Scar on the right Side his under Lip, close knee’d, his Shins bend forwards, some Scars on the small of his legs occasioned by wearing of Irons, a large Scar on the Outside of his left Leg occasioned by a Burn, a Scar on one of his Thumbs, he has been unmercifully whipped from his Neck to his Knees, which he says was by his former Master, is a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade, and can paint, which he learned of Lewis Allmorn, of Nanceman County in Virginia, who sold him to Edward Voss, a Bricklayer by Trade, and worked in sundry Parts of Virginia, and when the said Slave ran away from him, lived in King and Queen County near Rapahannah, got by water to Philadelphia, and from thence travelled through Lancaster and York Counties to Hanover-Town, and worked there about a Year, and from thence into Baltimore county, near Baltimore Town, where he continued, from about the Year 1765 to the Year 1772, as a free Man, and since he left his former Masters in Virginia, has learnt to read and write, and to play on the Violin; it is possible he may forge a Pass and change his Name, as he has done before: Took with him a Castor Hat, a Suit of white Russia Drab Cloaths, a blue Cloth Coat, red striped Jacket, a new redish-brown Broad-Cloth Jacket much too large for him, new darkish coloured Cotton-Velvet Breeches with large old fashioned Pocket Flaps, Shirts, Stockings and Shoes of different Sorts, and large plated Buckles. Whoever secures the above Slave in any Jail, so that his Masters get him again, shall receive Five Pounds, and if 50 miles from Home Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, and if 100 Miles the above Reward, and reasonable Charges if brought Home, paid by

SAMUEL OWINGS, jun.

ALEXANDER WELLS.

Maryland Gazette (Baltimore), September 10, 1772.

Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century