Twenty Pounds Reward. RUN AWAY the 31st inst. from the subscriber, an African born Negro named Jasper, by trade a carpenter, speaks very plain English, as he came young into the country; he is about fifty years of age, and I think about five feet five or six inches in height, short limb'd and well made for strength; he can read tolerably well, and is both sensible and very artful, he has a surly countenance, especially if offended, and is of a morose temper, fond of liqour, and when drunk is very turbulent--has had the small-pox for which he was inoculated, and is a little marked with it on his face:--he has also a very remarkable scar above half round his neck, given by a knife in a fight he had with another Negro some time past. The dress he went off in is uncertain: He took with him two coats, one with short sleeves, a drab coloured duffil, the other white Virginia cloth long skirted; whatever other articles is unknown. I make no doubt but he will endeavour to pass for a freeman, and it is most probable will endeavour to get into some of the Northern states, and in order to facilitate his escape, must believe he has procured some form of pass or writing. Any person who will apprehend said runaway, within this state, and deliver him to me, shall receive a reward of TEN POUNDS and if without this state, the above reward. FRANCIS JERDONE. Louisa county, March 3, 1793.
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