"Committed to jail, a negro man—his back much marked by the whip."
Mr. H. Varillat, No. 23 Girod street, New Orleans—in the "Commercial Bulletin," August 27, 1838.
"Ranaway, the negro slave named Jupiter—has a fresh mark of a cowskin on one of his cheeks."
Mr. Cornelius D. Tolin, Augusta, Ga., in the "Chronicle and Sentinel," Oct. 18, 1838.
"Ranaway, a negro man named Johnson—he has a great many marks of the whip on his back."
W.H. Brasseale, sheriff; Blount county, Ala., in the "Huntsville Democrat," June 9, 1838.
"Committed to jail, a negro slave named James—much scarred with a whip on his back."
Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga., in the "Georgia Messenger," July 27, 1837.
"Ranaway, my man Fountain—he is marked on the back with the whip."
Mr. John Wotton, Rockville, Montgomery county, Maryland, in the "Baltimore Republican," Jan. 13, 1838.