Volume III Part 25 (1/2)

Mr. Lambre, in the ”Natchitoches (La.) Herald,” March 29, 1837.

”Ranaway, the negro boy Teams--he had on his neck an _iron collar.”_

Mr. Ferdinand Lemos, New Orleans, in the ”Bee,” January 29, 1838.

”Ranaway, the negro George--he had on _his neck an iron collar,_ the branches of which had been taken off”

Mr. T.J. De Yampert, merchant, Mobile, Alabama, of the firm of De Yampert, King & Co., in the ”Mobile Chronicle,” June 15, 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro boy about _twelve_ years old--had round his neck _a chain dog-collar_, with 'De Yampert' engraved on it.”

J.H. Hand, jailor, St. Francisville, La., in the ”Louisiana Chronicle,” July 26, 1837.

”Committed to jail, slave John--has several scars on his wrists, occasioned, as he says, by _handcuffs.”_

Mr. Charles Curener, New Orleans, in the ”Bee,” July 2, 1838.

”Ranaway, the negro, Hown--has a ring of iron on his left foot. Also, Grise, his _wife,_ having a _ring and chain on the left leg.”_

Mr. P.T. Manning, Huntsville, Alabama, in the ”Huntsville Advocate,”

Oct. 23, 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro boy named James--said boy was _ironed_ when he left me.”

Mr. William L. Lambeth, Lynchburg, Virginia, in the ”Moulton [Ala.]

Whig,” January 30, 1836.

”Ranaway, Jim--had on when he escaped a pair of _chain handcuffs.”_

Mr. D.F. Guex, Secretary of the Steam Cotton Press Company, New Orleans, in the ”Commercial Bulletin,” May 27, 1837.

”Ranaway, Edmund Coleman--it is supposed he must have _iron shackles on his ankles_.”

Mr. Francis Durett, Lexington, Alabama, in the ”Huntsville Democrat,”

March 8, 1838.

”Ranaway ----, a mulatto--had on when he left, a _pair of handcuffs_ and a _pair of drawing chains_.”

B.W. Hodges, jailor, Pike county, Alabama, in the ”Montgomery Advertiser,” Sept. 29, 1837.

”Committed to jail, a man who calls his name John--he has a _clog of iron on his right foot which will weigh four or five pounds_.”

P. Bayhi captain of police, in the N.O. ”Bee,” June 9, 1838.