Description
$1000 Reward - Stop the Runaways! - - Ranaway from the subscriber in Clay County, Missouri, three Negro slaves, viz:
Napoleon, a bright mulatto aged about 30 years, 5 feet 8 inches high, and weighing about 150 pounds – supposed to be dressed in blue cloth frock coat and black pantaloons.
Sandy, of dark copper color, aged about 24 years, about 5 feet 10 inches high, and weighs about 155 pounds. He was dressed in a blue cloth coat of military cut and brown tweed pantaloons.
John, a bright mulatto aged about 20 years and wears a heavy black beard, is 6 feet high and weighs about 165 pounds – supposed to be dressed in a blue frock coat, with a black cloth, or white linen pantaloons.
All the negroes were well dressed and took with them a change of clothing and one of them carried a double barreled shot gun.
I will give $600 if taken in the State and $1000 if taken out of the State. Such rewards contingent upon the return of said slaves to me, or their imprisonment in jail so that I can get them. Mace Rust, Clay County, Missouri. (Researcher’s note: see the 1863-1865 Missouri U.S. Colored Troop Recruitment collection for Mack Ledlow, a slave of Mace Ross/Rust, who enlisted on February 29, 1864.)Date(s) of Creation
2/5/1858
