MUIRTON IN PERTHSHIRE JUNE 3RD 1768
RUN AWAY from Captain Oliphant Kinloch, a NEGRO SLAVE, a stout lad, well made, 17 years of age, five feet seven inches high, had on a dark coloured thickset coat and vest, buckskin breeches, a blue surtout coat, with a crimson velvet collar, and done round the edges with crimson velvet, a black velvet cap, and answers to the name of LONDON. Any person apprehending the said NEGRO SLAVE, and lodging him in any of his Majesty’s gaols, by applying to Mr James Smyth, writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, or the proprietor at Muirton, shall receive twenty shillings sterl. besides their expences. He, among other things, carried off a silver Watch, which he offers to sale, it is hoped will be stopt for the proprietor, a fellow servant’s behoof.
N.B. As every person knows the penalty of harbouring a slave, any person that does will be prosecute in terms of the act of parliament.
EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, 8 JUNE 1768
FOR MONTEGO BAY, LUCEA, AND SAVANNA-LA-MAR, JAMAICA
The ship CHRISTIANA, ROBERT BAIN Master, now lying at Greenock, will be ready to take on board goods by the 20th curt., and clear to sail by the 20th January.
For freight or passage, apply to Sommervel, Gordon and Co., merchants in Glasgow, or the Master in Greenock.
The C—is a fine large vessel, armed with ten carriage guns, and has excellent accommodation for passengers.
CALEDONIAN MERCURY, 17 JANUARY 1788