NEGROES BROUGHT FROM THE WEST INDIES

Philadelphia, June 17, 1745.

RUN away from the Sloop Sparrow, lately arrived from Barbadoes, Joseph

Perry Commander, a Negro Man named John; he WAS BORN IN DOMINICA AND SPEAKS

FRENCH, BUT VERY LITTLE ENGLISH, he is a very ill-featured Fellow, and has

been much cut in his Back by often Whipping; his Clothing was only a Frock

and Trowsers. Whoever brings him to John Yeats, Merchants in Philadelphia,

shall have Twenty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by

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