April 20, 1807, an enslaved man named Taff escaped from the plantation in an attempt to secure his freedom. Taff was one of the surviving native Africans forcibly brought to the plantation 21 years earlier. The following advertisement appeared in the Washington Gazette and Weekly Advisor on July 24.

20 Dollars Reward
RUN-AWAY from the subscriber on lake Phelps in Washington county, about the 20th of April a negro fellow named TAFF, Is stout built, about five six or seven inches high, Guinea Born, with the marks of his country in his face. When he went away he had on a white drab coat with a black cape and Breeches of the same. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver the said negro to me, or so secure him in any Goal that I may get him.
THOMAS TROTTER. June 5, 1807.
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What became of Taff is unknown, as we have no surviving primary sources about him after this advertisement.