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    Runaway Advertisements

     

    Edenton Gazette, Dec. 15, 1819

     

    Raleigh Register, Jan. 28, 1820

     

    Raleigh Register, May 19

     

    Edenton Gazette, Oct. 16

     

    Carolina Centinel, Mar. 17, 1821

     

    Raleigh Register, Mar. 23

     

    Western Carolinian, Jul. 16, 1822

     

    Raleigh Star, Mar. 26, 1824

     

    Raleigh Register, Nov. 19

     

    Free Press, Feb. 25, 1825

     

    Raleigh Star, Jan. 20, 1826

     

    Elizabeth City Star, Feb. 11

     

    Free Press, Feb. 3, 1827

     

    Raleigh Register, Jan. 16, 1829

     

    Halifax Minerva, Apr. 2

     

    Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald, Jan. 1, 1830

     

    Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald, Jan. 1

     

    Raleigh Star, Jan. 21, 1830

     

    Raleigh Register, Oct. 14

     

    Roanoke Advocate, Sept. 1, 1831

     

    SLAVE RESISTANCE

    Free Press (Halifax and Tarboro, N.C.), February 25, 1825

    Stop the Runaway.

    RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on Saturday, 12th inst. a likely negro man named

    BRAXTON,

    supposed to be 30 years of age, about 6 feet high, thin visage and very dark complexion. It is likely he may have a free pass. Any person apprehending said negro within 30 days, the reward is one hundred dollars; if out of that time paid for trouble.

    Dollason Day.

    Northampton co. Feb. 20, 1825.