Runaway Slave: Amanda
Runaway, about the 10th or the 12th of September, a Negro woman named Amanda. She is black and pitted with the small pox in the face. She is 5ft 2 inches high, heavy set, aged 17 years. She was lurking about Memphis when hear of last. I will pay the above reward if found in the city, or $15 if found out of the city, to anybody that will deliver her to me, at the corner of Main and Vance streets — D.H. MCCLURE.
Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.), 04 Jan. 1857. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1857-01-04/ed-1/seq-4/>