In the adds placed for servants and slaves that have runaway, they are generally described by only few key physical characteristics. Throughout these advertisements, the most common features provided to describe the servants and or slaves that are being looked for include the skin color, age range, height, clothing, and any visible scars or marks. These may have been deemed significant enough to mention because they illustrate more prominent points of reference to the appearance of individual being searched for. The tone of one’s skin, height and marks or scars are attributes that cannot be easily changed or modified therefore are important in the identification of that particular runaway. Most of the slaves noted in the publications performed