John T. Gordon’s Advertisement for the Return of Montgomery & Oscar, Fugitive Slaves, June 19, 1857

$400 REwARd. — Ran away from the owner in Alexandria, Va., on the night of the 13th inst., two young Negro Men, from twenty to twenty-five years of age. montgomery is a very bright mulatto, about five feet, six inches in height, of polite manners and smiles much when speaking or spoken to. OSCAR is of a tawny complexion, about 6 feet high, sluggish in his appearance and movements, and of awkward manners.

One Hundred Dollars each will be paid for the arrest an[d] delivery of the above Slaves if taken in a slave State, or $200 each if taken in a free State. One or more Slaves belonging to other owners, it is supposed, went off in their company.

Address        JOHN T. GORDON,

Alexandria, Va.

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SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 399; The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, Friday, June 19, 1857, p. 3