Slavery Reward Notices from Covington Papers

from the Licking Valley Register, October 29, 1847:

from the Licking Valley Register, September 13, 1845:

“$100 Reward. Adam, a slave, left my service without a cause, on yesterday.  He is about27 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high; is a square shouldered, well built man, weighs about 160 pounds, (perhaps more), is a bright colored negro, and has high cheek bones.  When he left, he wore tow linen pants and shirt, and a new pair of brogan shoes and a well worn silk hat.  He may have changed his clothes. I will give the above reward if taken out of Kentucky, or in any county in Kentucky, bordering on the Ohio river, or I will give fifty dollars if taken in Bourbon county, or one hundred dollars if taken in any other county in Kentucky other than Bourbon, or those bordering on the Ohio.  In either case he is to be put into my possession.  G. W. Williams, Paris, Ky., Sept. 2, 1845.”

from Licking Valley Register, January 31, 1846:

 

from Covington Journal,  November 25, 1851

 

 

from the Covington Journal, November, 2, 1861:

Notice the following are after the January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation

 

from the Frankfort Tri-Weekly Commonwealth, April 20, 1864

 

from the Frankfort Tri-Weekly Commonwealth, August 17, 1863

 

from the Frankfort Tri-Weekly Commonwealth, August 17, 1863