The African Slave Trade

Whereas on or about the fifth day of June last, eight new Negro Men, imported into the Island of Nevis in the Snow Charming Molly, John Payne Master, from Africa, and consign'd to Mr. Samuel New, Merchant there, were Feloniously taken and stolen away from the said Samuel New. And whereas he hath reason to suspect that they have been Clandestinly brought into some part of North America, These are therefore to certify that whoever shall give Notice or Information of the said Negroes, and discover the Person or Persons who carried them off the Island of Nevis aforesaid, so that they or any of them may be had again, and the Offenders punished according to Law, shall receive from Robert Lorey, Merchant, in Philadelphia, Twenty-five Pounds Current Money as a Reward. As also that whoever shall discover any Person taking off any new Negroes from the said Island of Nevis, from the said fifth day of June to the 30th of August last, shall receive Five Pounds Reward.
Robert Lorey.