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    Edenton Gazette, Dec. 15, 1819

     

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    Edenton Gazette, Oct. 16

     

    Carolina Centinel, Mar. 17, 1821

     

    Raleigh Register, Mar. 23

     

    Western Carolinian, Jul. 16, 1822

     

    Raleigh Star, Mar. 26, 1824

     

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    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

     

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    Raleigh Star, Jan. 21, 1830

     

    Raleigh Register, Oct. 14

     

    Roanoke Advocate, Sept. 1, 1831

     

    SLAVE RESISTANCE

    Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, May 19, 1820

    RUNAWAY NEGROES.

    ON the 10th of this month I bought at a Sheriff's sale, a stout black negro woman by the name of Sooky, considerably advanced in

    years, and her female child, called Olive, about four years old. They were sold as the property of Sam'l G. Briggs, of Raleigh. They forerly belonged to a Miss Hart, who lived in Mr. Brigg's family, and were, as I understand, brought from Northampton County. They were at my house in the night after the sale, and apparently contented, but in

    the morning, were missing. Whether they have attempted to make their way to Northampton; or whether they are harboured in or

    about Raleigh; or what has become of them, I am at a loss to conjecture.
          Any useful information on this subject will be thankfully received; and I will give a reward of ten dollars to any person who will deliver the negroes to me, together with a suitable reward for any services beyond my present expectation.

    HENRY POTTER.

           Raleigh, May 18, 1820