Clause 19 required the Provost Marshal to keep captured runaways in custody, post their names at the courthouse, and advertise their names and owners—or physical descriptions if owners were unknown—in the Gazette within six days. Notices were to be repeated monthly while people remained jailed. The process helped slaveholders reclaim people and made colonial print part of a capture apparatus; it also left identifying traces for descendants and researchers. (Consolidated Slave Act, clause(s) 19.)
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Where did clause 19 require the names of jailed runaways to be posted?
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The Provost Marshal had to post names at the courthouse and advertise each case in the Gazette.
The Provost Marshal had to post names at the courthouse and advertise each case in the Gazette.
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Explanation
The Provost Marshal had to post names at the courthouse and advertise each case in the Gazette.