<?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>1753</NoticeID><Headline>Stop the runaways</Headline><NoticeDate>1831-04-28T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Halifax, N.C. : Roanoke Advocate</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Roanoke Advocate [Halifax], 1830-1833</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Halifax</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Halifax</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Stop the Runaways. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 4th inst. three negro men named CAESAR, BEN &amp;amp; AMOS. Caesar is about 25 years of age, five feet 5 or 6 inches high, very black, round face, and had on double-wove home made cloth. Ben is about 22 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, a bright mulatto, has been stabbed in his left side on the breast, and had on double-wove homespun clothes, which were dyed a dark color; he is quite a sensible, clear spoken fellow. Amos is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, inclined to be yellow, with a scar (or rather mark, resembling molasses) on his left cheek, had on the same kind of clothing but not dyed. EDMUNDS MYRICK. Halifax county, April 6, 1831. 6--tf</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>2</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>4/4/1831</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Edmunds Myrick</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Amos</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Ben</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Caesar</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Edmunds Myrick</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>