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.