Colonial Runaway Slave Advertisements

Colonial America in the 18th century, black slaves were forced to labor. They worked in plantations to produce tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and so on in the South. In North, they worked as the skilled and unskilled labor force in industry and factories. They were brutally treated; as a result. They wanted to get freedom by runaway. The owners of slaves placed well-informed advertisements for their return. The advertisements include information about each slave such as the date of issue, the date of escape, name, race, age, sex, nationality, prize, ability of English, clothes, appearance, and height.
These advertisements were written from the point of view of the slave owner. Keeping this perspective in mind these runaway slave advertisements