"I have been inform'd by their Confederates, since they were off, that they intend for Pennsylvania, and from thence to New England; unless they can in Their Way get a Passage to Great Britain, where the Mulatto pretends to have an Uncle, who escaped from this Master in this Colony near 20 Years ago, and is said to keep a Coffee-House in London."
Tom Costa, Virginia Runaways, The Geography of Slavery in Virginia, accessed 13 March 2007, quoting Virginia Gazette [online image].