<?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>1669</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1798-09-24T00:00:00</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>RUNAWAY on the 20th inst. a French Negro Man, named Gardner. about five feet high, 20 years old, large in proportion, black complexion--speaks English tolerably well.  TEN DOLLARS reward will be given to whoever delivers him to me, or confines him so that I get him.    24 Halifax, Sept 22    J. BRUIN.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>9/20/1798</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>J. Bruin</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Gardner</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>J. Bruin</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Halifax</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>