A pair of sisters fled the 18th night of November 1858.
ESTHER aged 14, fine looking with chestnut coloring and a birthmark on her right cheek. Bring back untouched and alive for $50.
The other, HENRIETTA, aged 15, with chestnut coloring. If examined will find raw ringed scars wrapped around the neck, three fingers wide. Approach with caution and bring shock collar to subdue any magical attack. Reward is $20 dead or alive.
Five Negro males fled the Lea Farm in Pond County with false passes. HARRIS, 42, missing right eye. JON, 20, mulatto with collar scars. LUKE, 22, also mulatto, tall and stout. OBIE, 35, with an R branded on left cheek. BEN, 16, able to read and write.
$125 reward for all five, $20 per head.
Posted: December 24, 1858
A Negro man and woman were spotted by the subscriber on the 15th of January in the company of persons belonging to Mrs. Edna Reynolds. The criminals are BENJAMIN, dark coloring with a muscular build. Speaks well and can read. Last seen posing as a blacksmith. With him is HENRIETTA, dark coloring, fine looking despite scars around her neck. Dangerous magic practitioner.
$500 for returned property, $1000 for either criminal dead or alive.
Posted: January 16, 1861
To define the rights of Negroes in regards to spellcasting.
SECTION 1. All persons heretofore known as slaves and free persons of color shall have the right to perform acts of magic and other permitted forms of spellcasting.
SECTION 2. These acts of magic are permitted as long as they are performed within the constraints defined by local authorities.
SECTION 3. It is unlawful for any former slave or free person of color to possess or use a wand. Any person or persons so offending shall face imprisonment no less than one day or more than ten days in the discretion of the Court or jury before whom the trial is had.
—CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA