Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can explore the topic of "fugitive slave ads" further using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
fugitive, mulatto, negro, ran away, ranaway, reward, run away, runaway, slave, subscriber
The term "subscriber" found in many ads refers to the person placing the ad.
Use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1789-1865.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Thirty Dollars Reward"
Gazette of the United States (New York, NY), June 30, 1792, Page 33, Image 1, col. 1.
"Twenty Dollars Reward"
The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC), February 14, 1806, Page 4, Image 4, col. 4.
"Runaway in Jail"
Southern Sentinel (Plaquemine, LA), October 26, 1850, Page 3, Image 1, col. 1.
"$150 REWARD"
The North-Carolinian (Fayetteville, NC), June 10, 1854, Page 1, Image 3, col. 2.
"$50 REWARD"
The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, LA), November 10, 1860, Page 2, Image 2, col. 6.
"Runaway, in Jail"
The Eastern Clarion (Paulding, MS), July 19, 1861, Page 3, Image 3, col. 6.
"ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD"
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 2, 1862, Page 3, Image 4, col. 7.
"NEGROES LOST OR STOLEN"
The Daily Bulletin (Winchester, TN), January 25, 1863, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"Runaway"
The Camden Confederate (Camden, SC), May 1, 1863, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"RUNAWAY"
Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC), June 23, 1863, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"200 REWARD"
The Abingdon Virginian (Abingdon, VA), November 6, 1863, Page 3, Image 3, col. 5.

Fugitive Slave Ads: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America