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NOTICE IN THE CORNWALL CHRONICLE
RUNAWAY SLAVES

From time to time, in the early newspapers in Jamaica, there were notices concerning Runaway Slaves, their names, and any identifying marks, and the amount of a possible rewards for their return.

John Crooks placed a Notice in the Cornwall Chronicle, dated September 19, 1792, and sent from Cousins Cove, Hanover, concerning slaves who went off in a Canoe from Launce's Bay and were considered runaways.

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