May
1828:
Letty Brown escapes with her children from Prince George's County,
Maryland
Forty Dollars
Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber, living about three miles from Piscataway,
Prince George's county, Maryland, my Negro Woman, Letty Brown, taking with
her, her two children, Bob and Dave. The said Letty is tall and black,
has long thick lips, and sullen when spoken to; has very large limbs; she
has, also, a hollow tooth in front, in her upper jaw; she is about 35 or
40 years of age.
Bob
is about 7 years of age, black, shows much of the whites of his eyes;
has a heavy dull look out of the eyes, and carries his head on one
side. Dave is about two years of age, of a yellow complexion, long
thick lips, and frowns when spoken to; his hair on the back of his
head is much shorter than on any other part of it; he has, also, a
scar of the right or left arm, just above the elbow, occasioned by
a burn which he received a few days before he was taken from my residence.
The
said woman and her children were taken off on Sunday night, the 11th
of May last, by a yellow man of George Calvert's, living near Bladensburgh,
who calls himself Tarlton Brown, and who owns her as his wife. I have
no doubt but she is now either in Washington (where she has a great
number of negro acquaintances, both white and black) or lurking about
some of Calvert's negro quarters, near Bladensburgh; or perhaps she
will, or has, taken the road to Baltimore, (or some other road,) with
the intention of going to some of the Eastern States.
I
will give $20 of the above for Letty, if secured so that I get her
again, and $10 for each of the children, if they are secured so that
I get them again; or, I will give the above forty dollars for teh three
if they are secured in jail so that I get them again. I do hearby forewarn
all masters of vessels, and all stage proprietors, and every other
person or persons, either from harboring, or in any way aiding the
said negroes in making their escape, as I am determined to enforce
the law against every person found so offending.
Lloyd
McCubbin Lowe.
June 18.
Source:
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.),
Tuesday, 14 October 1828. |