<?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>209</NoticeID><Headline>$20 reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1829-05-01T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Raleigh, N.C. : Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, 1799-1840</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Raleigh</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Wake</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>$20 REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 20th inst. my Negro Boy CHARLES, a bright mulatto, nearly two-thirds white, 16 or 17 years old, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and weighs about 120 or 130 lbs.  He has a scar over one of his eyes, extending one and a half or two inches obliquely upward and forward, appearing somewhat as if cut by a sharp instrument, he may however attempt to alter its appearance.-- He has also a scar three or four inches long on one of his legs, extending in the direction of the shin bone; he has very little if any beard; his hair is dark, and was long and bushy, but it is likely he may cut it.  He wore off a fur or hair cap, a neat frock coat, originally olive but had faded, and had been patched under the right arm; his pantaloons were fine black cassimere, but considerably worn.  His hands and fingers are short and clumsy, and his little fingers are disproportionally[sic] short and curved or bent inwardly by nature from the first joint.  His nose, upon examination, will be seen a little bent to one side.  He has travelled considerably, is very smart, of genteel appearance; and can read a little.  He has lived with me several years in the shop, and may therefore pretend to knowledge of Medicine.  I understand he means to get a free pass and try to take water for some free State.  He is profane at times, impudent, fond of liquor and chewing tobacco. I will give the above reward of $20 for his being secured in any Jail in the United States, or so confined that I get him again. NICHOLAS J. DRAKE. Oakland, Halifax county, N.C.} April 21, 1829} 67    4w</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>WAK</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Wake</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>1</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>4/20/1829</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Nicholas J. Drake</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Charles</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Nicholas J. Drake</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>