<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>1639</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1794-01-01T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Halifax, N.C. : North Carolina Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>North Carolina Journal [Halifax], 1792-1810</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Halifax</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Halifax</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>RUN-AWAY from the subscriber the 19th inst. at night, a Negro Wench, named Betty; which my late uncle James McDongal bought of Mrs. Wall : She is between 40 and 50 years old, and is very handy about a house.  I will amply reward the person who delivers her to me, and I hereby forewarn all persons from harbouring her, being determined to prosecute those who shall. JOHN SLOANE. Halifax county, Dec. 27  79</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>12/1/1793</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>James McDongal</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>John Sloane</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Betty</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>John Sloane</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>